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Selected Verse: Psalms 89:11 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 89:11 |
King James |
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The heavens are thine - Are thy work; and, therefore, thy property - the highest conception of property being that which is derived from creation. It is also implied here that as all things belong to God, he has a right to dispose of them as he pleases.
The earth also is thine - The earth itself, as made by thee; all that the earth produces, as having sprung out of that which thou hast made. The entire proprietorship is in thee.
As for the world - In the use of this word, the earth is spoken of as inhabitable, meaning that the earth and all that dwell upon it belong to God.
And the fulness thereof - All that it produces; what constitutes its enireness. That is, the earth itself considered as earth, or as a mass of matter; and all that springs from it; all that constitutes the earth, with all its mountains, seas, rivers, people, animals, minerals, harvests, cities, towns, monuments - the productions of nature, the works of power, and the achievements of art. Compare the notes at Psa 24:1.
Thou hast founded them - They all have their foundation in thee; that is, thou hast caused them all to exist. They have no independent and separate basis on which to rest. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The heavens are thine - Thou art the Governor of all things, and the Disposer of all events.
The world - The terraqueous globe.
And the fullness - All the generations of men. Thou hast founded them - thou hast made them, and dost sustain them.
After this verse, the Editio Princeps of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488, adds: -
לילה לך אף יום לך lailah lecha aph yom lecha
ושמש מאור הכינות אתה vashamesh maor hachinotha attah To thee is the day; also to thee is the night:
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
But these same words are found in Psa 74:16. |
1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.