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Psalm 24:2

For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

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?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
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The seas seem an unlikely foundation, yet the poem names God as the one who established the earth, making familiar ground a cause for wonder.

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2 Peter 3:5For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,Both passages describe the earth’s formation in relation to water and name God as its maker.
Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.Both poems credit God with establishing the earth, though one speaks of seas and the other of empty space.
Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t …Both passages portray God’s authority over earth and sea, through founding the earth or setting the sea’s boundary.
Psalm 136:6to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;Both psalms describe God establishing the earth in relation to the waters.
Psalm 104:5He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.Both psalms use the language of foundations to describe God’s work in establishing the earth.
Genesis 1:9–10God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.Both passages connect the earth’s formation with water and attribute that work to God.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars …Both passages describe the world as established by the LORD, using images of foundations or pillars.
Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.Both texts speak of the earth’s foundations as God’s work, with Job framing that claim as a question.
Jeremiah 10:11–16“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”Creation is the shared subject: the psalm names the earth’s maker, while Jeremiah speaks against gods that made nothing.
Psalm 33:6By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.Both psalms attribute creation to the LORD, one speaking of the earth and the other of the heavens.
Jeremiah 10:12God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.Both passages say God established the world; Jeremiah also names his power and wisdom.
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The ground beneath your feet has a Maker. The psalm roots YHWH’s ownership of the world in his work: he founded and established it.

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