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The earth is Yahweh`s, with its fullness; The world, and those who dwell therein.
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God's Absolute Ownership
Multiple commentators emphasize that this verse establishes God's absolute and universal ownership. As the Creator, He holds the ultimate title deed to the entire earth, all its resources, and every person in it. Albert Barnes notes this truth was once inscribed on the Royal Exchange in London, reminding merchants that all wealth is ultimately God's. This means our own claims to property and even our very lives are subordinate to His sovereign rights.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The earth is the Lord’s — The whole world belongs to God. He is the Creator of the earth and, therefore, its Proprietor; or, in oth…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord’s. —The majesty of Jehovah as Lord of the universe is a reason for the psalmist to insist on rectitude and sincerity in t…
Baptist
The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof, (Psalms 24:1).
And therefore it is also the believer's. The real ful…
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16th Century
Protestant
The earth is Jehovah’s. We will find in many other places the children of Abraham compared with all the rest of humankind, so that the fre…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof The whole universe, all the terraqueous globe, both land and wate…
We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those children of men who do not know him, nor acknowledge their relation to him…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having described tribulations and divine help, the psalmist here commends the power of his helper.
There is no new title in the He…
