The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
- KJV The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- BSB A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all 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 yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
- 1 Cor 10:26for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
- Deut 10:14Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
- Exod 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
- Exod 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- Ps 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
- Nah 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- Dan 4:25that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
- Ps 98:7Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
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