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Psalm 24:1

A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

1A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
2For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
3Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
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Notice

The earth and everyone in it belong to YHWH, a claim that reaches into what you own and how you regard the people around you.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 89:11The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.Both psalms declare that the earth, the world, and its fullness belong to God.
1 Corinthians 10:26for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”Corinthians repeats Psalm 24's declaration that the earth and its fullness belong to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours is the …Both declare God's ownership of everything on earth, while Chronicles also names his kingdom and supremacy.
Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.Both assert God's ownership of everything on earth; Job pairs that claim with God's lack of debt to anyone.
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.Both declare that the earth and all it contains belong to the LORD, with Deuteronomy also naming heaven.
Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more …Moses says the hail will cease so Pharaoh may know the same truth Psalm 24 declares: the earth belongs to the LORD.
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;Both declare that all the earth belongs to God; Exodus places that claim alongside his covenant with a particular people.
Psalm 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.Both psalms state that the world and everything in it belong to God.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.Both name the world and its inhabitants: Psalm 24 declares God's ownership, while Nahum describes their trembling at his presence.
Daniel 4:25You will be driven from men and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You will be made to eat grass as oxen, and will be wet with the dew of …Psalm 24 declares that earth's inhabitants belong to the LORD; Daniel describes the Most High's rule over human kingdoms.
Psalm 98:7Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.Both name the world and those who dwell in it, alongside language about fullness.
Haggai 2:8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says the LORD of Armies.Haggai names silver and gold as God's possessions, specific things within the earth's fullness that Psalm 24 declares his.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. an ordinary day. praise and worship.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pick up litter on your street, which belongs to God

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Encouragement

Your small corner of the earth falls within this vast claim. The ground beneath your feet and the people around you belong to YHWH.

Now put it in your words.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).