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Selected Verse: Psalms 136:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 136:6 |
King James |
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters - Gen 1:1, Gen 1:9; see the notes at Psa 24:2.
For his mercy ... - As an illustration of his benignity and kindness in preparing an abode for man, and for other creatures in the world. Whatever there is of life or happiness, on the continents and islands, has resulted from that act of God when "he made the dry land appear." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Stretched out the earth above the waters - Or, upon the waters. This seems to refer to a central abyss of waters, the existence of which has not been yet disproved. |
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.