Psalm 24:1-2

  • The world belongs to God.
  • All that is in the created world belongs to God.
  • It all belongs to God, because He is the Creator.
  • God is not only the Creator of the world, but also its Founder, and the One who Establishes.
  • The world was founded on water.
  • The world was established on rivers.
  • Water is a basic substance to God's creative activity. Water seems to have been his clay of sorts. What does science have to say about this?
  • All who live in the world also belong to God. What does this mean for or say about those who do not recognize that they are God's?
  • The earth is associated with all of God's creation.
  • The world is associated with God's living creation.
  • The earth belongs to God.
  • God created the earth.
  • Is there a difference between the earth and created non-breathing matter and the world and breathing, living things of the flesh?

NRSV -

"The earth is the LORD's and all that is in it,

the world, and those who live in it;

for he has founded it on the seas,

and established it on the rivers."

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