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For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.
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Creation, Not Geology
Commentators explain that this verse uses poetic language, not scientific description. The image of founding the earth 'upon the seas' refers to God's creative act in Genesis 1, where He separated the dry land from the water. This act of creation is the basis for the claim in verse 1: the world belongs to God because He made it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he hath founded it upon the seas - That is, the earth, or the habitable world. The ground of the claim to the earth and all tha…
19th Century
Anglican
Upon the seas.—For the idea of the earth resting on water, compare Psalms 136:6; Proverbs 8:25–29. In Genesis, the dry …
Baptist
The world, and they that dwell there in. For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
So, child of God, …
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16th Century
Protestant
For he hath founded it upon the seas. The Psalmist here confirms the truth that men are rightfully under the authority and power of God, s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he has founded it upon the seas Or "with" them, as some interpret F5 the particle (
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…
