Psalm 24

The King of Glory

A Davidic psalm.

The earth and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;(A)
for He laid its foundation on the seas
and established it on the rivers.(B)

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The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,(A)
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.(B)
He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap;[a]
He puts the depths into storehouses.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:7 LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg, Jer read sea as in a bottle

He made the heavens skillfully.(A)
        His love is eternal.
He spread the land on the waters.(B)
        His love is eternal.

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24 I was born
when there were no watery depths(A)
and no springs filled with water.
25 I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,(B)
26 before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.
27 I was there when He established the heavens,(C)
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,(D)
28 when He placed the skies above,
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
29 when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,(E)
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.(F)

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