Psalms 89:11
in Psalms 89The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
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ASV
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
KJV
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
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This verse in Psalms 89
Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine. All things are alike God's—rebellious earth as well as adoring heaven. Let us not despair of the kingdom of truth; the Lord has not abdicated the throne of earth or handed it over to the sway of Satan. As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. The habitable and cultivated earth, with all its produce, owns the Lord to be both its Creator and Sustainer, builder and upholder.
This site's exposition
You rule the raging sea
on Psalms 89:9-13
God rules the raging sea and stills its waves, and verse 10 sets the crushing of Rahab beside it. Verses 11 to 13 hand Him the heavens and the earth. Tabor stands west of the Jordan and Hermon north of it, and both shout at His name.
This site's exposition
The heavens are Yours
After the sea and Egypt, the claim widens to everything. Albert Barnes observed that the strongest right of ownership comes from making a thing, so the Maker may dispose of it. Charles Spurgeon added that the rebellious earth belongs to God as surely as the heavens that adore Him.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"The heavens are thine, the earth also is Thine." From Thee, over Thy earth they rain. Thine are the heavens, by whom is preached Thy truth in circuit of Thee; "Thine is the earth," which has received Thy truth in circuit of Thee; and what has resulted from that rain? "Thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is."
"The heavens are thine, the earth also is Thine." From Thee, over Thy earth they rain. Thine are the heavens, by whom is preached Thy truth in circuit of Thee; "Thine is the earth," which has received Thy truth in circuit of Thee; and what has resulted from that rain? "Thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The heavens are thine,....
Tabor is commonly supposed to be that high mountain in Galilee on the top of which Christ was transfigured; and then indeed it might be said to rejoice in that voice which was there heard, This is my beloved Son. The power and justice, the mercy and truth, with which he governs the world and rules in the affairs of the children of men,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
To illustrate His power and faithfulness examples are cited from history. His control of the sea (the most mighty and unstable object in nature), and of Egypt (Ps 87:4), the first great foe of Israel (subjected to utter helplessness from pride and insolence), are specimens.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The heavens are thine - Thou art the Governor of all things, and the Disposer of all events. The world - The terraqueous globe. And the fullness - All the generations of men. Thou hast founded them - thou hast made them, and dost sustain them. After this verse, the Editio Princeps of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488, adds: - לילה לך אף יום לך lailah lecha aph yom lecha ושמש מאור הכינות אתה vashamesh maor hachinotha attah To thee is the day; also to thee is the night: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. But these same words are found in Psa 74:16.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The heavens are thine - Are thy work; and, therefore, thy property - the highest conception of property being that which is derived from creation. It is also implied here that as all things belong to God, he has a right to dispose of them as he pleases. The earth also is thine - The earth itself, as made by thee; all that the earth produces, as having sprung out of that which thou hast made. The entire proprietorship is in thee. As for the world - In the use of this word, the earth is spoken of as inhabitable, meaning that the earth and all that dwell upon it belong to God. And the fulness thereof - All that it produces; what constitutes its enireness. That is, the earth itself considered as earth, or as a mass of matter; and all that springs from it; all that constitutes the earth, with all its mountains, seas, rivers, people, animals, minerals, harvests, cities, towns, monuments - the productions of nature, the works of power, and the achievements of art. Compare the notes at Psa 24:1. Thou hast founded them - They all have their foundation in thee; that is, thou hast caused them all to exist. They have no independent and separate basis on which to rest.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְךָ֣ | lekha | [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| שָׁ֭מַיִם | shamayim | heaven | H8064 → | 421 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | also | H637 → | 134 times |
| לְךָ֥ | lekha | [belongs] to you | ||
| אָ֑רֶץ | ʾaretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תֵּבֵ֥ל | tevel | [the] world | H8398 → | 36 times |
| וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּ | umeloah | and what fills it | H4393 → | 38 times |
| אַתָּ֥ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| יְסַדְתָּֽם׃ | yesadtam | you founded them | H3245 → | 43 times |
לְךָ֣[belongs] to <the> you
lekha
שָׁ֭מַיִםheaven
shamayimH8064 →421 times
אַף־also
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
לְךָ֥[belongs] to you
lekha
אָ֑רֶץ[the] earth
ʾaretzH776 →2504 times
תֵּבֵ֥ל[the] world
tevelH8398 →36 times
וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּand what fills it
umeloahH4393 →38 times
אַתָּ֥הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
יְסַדְתָּֽם׃you founded them
yesadtamH3245 →43 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
it leads to
- John 1:1–3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
- Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Hebrews 1:10
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- John 1:1–3
Through
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom,…
it leads to
- Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- 1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Hebrews 1:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 89; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 4; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.