Psalms 115:16 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 115:16

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

KJV

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WEB

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

ASV

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

YLT

The heavens--the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

DBT

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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26 verses on the floor

Psalms 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psalms 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Genesis 1:28–30
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Acts 17:24
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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He is greatly to be praised; for, (1.) His glory is high. See how stately his palace is, and the throne he has prepared in the heavens: The heaven, even the heavens are the Lord's; he is the rightful owner of all the treasures of light and bliss in the upper and better world, and is in the full possession of them, for he is himself infinitely bright and happy.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

1 Not unto us, O L ORD , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Lord's - In a peculiar manner, where he dwelleth in that light and glory, to which no man can approach. Given - As the foregoing verse declares, that God was the creator of heaven and earth, so this asserts that he is also their Lord and governor to dispose of all men and things as he pleases.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 115:16PSA 8:6 GEN 1:28
PSA 115:16PSA 8:6 GEN 1:26
PSA 115:16PSA 89:11 1CH 29:11
PSA 115:16PSA 8:6 MAT 28:18
PSA 115:16PSA 8:6 HEB 2:8
PSA 115:16PSA 8:6 EPH 1:22
PSA 115:16PSA 89:11 GEN 1:1
PSA 115:16PSA 89:11 PSA 24:1-2

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