He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.
Parallel translations
- WEB In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
- KJV In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
- BSB In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
- NKJV In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.
- NASB In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are also His.
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Quick answer
The depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains belong to God. All creation, from lowest to highest, is in His hand.
Overview
God's kingship is shown by His ownership of the entire created order, from earth's depths to mountain peaks. Nothing lies outside His possession and control. As Creator and sustainer, He upholds all things, a work the New Testament ascribes to Christ (Colossians 1:16-17; Psalm 24:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 135:6Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
- Hab 3:6He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- Hab 3:10The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
- Job 9:5He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
- 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.
- Ps 65:6Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;
- Job 11:10If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- Ps 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- Mic 1:4The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Ps 21:2You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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