The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- BSB A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- NKJV The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
- NASB The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it.
- NLT The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.
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Quick answer
The earth and everything in it belongs to Yahweh, including all its inhabitants. God's ownership of creation frames the whole psalm.
Overview
This psalm opens by declaring God's absolute ownership of the earth and all who dwell on it, grounded in his work as Creator. Paul quotes this verse to teach Christian freedom regarding food (1 Corinthians 10:26), affirming that all things are the Lord's. Because Christ is the one through whom all things were made, this universal lordship is ultimately his.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 89:11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
- 1 Cor 10:26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
- 1 Chr 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Job 41:11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- Deut 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- Exod 9:29And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’s.
- Exod 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Ps 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
- Nah 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Dan 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Ps 98:7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
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