The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Parallel translations
- WEB The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
- BSB The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- NKJV The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.
- NASB The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land.
- NLT The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.
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Quick answer
The sea is God's, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. God is the Maker of sea and land alike.
Overview
Continuing the theme of God's sovereign ownership, the psalmist credits Him with creating both sea and land. Because He made all things, He rightly rules and is worthy of worship. The same creative power belongs to Christ, through whom all things were made (John 1:3; Genesis 1:9-10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 1:9–10And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Ps 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Ps 146:6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Prov 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Jonah 1:9And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
- Jer 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Prov 8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
- Job 38:10–11And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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