The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

It reflects the biblical worldview that God is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, as seen in Genesis 1:1, where God creates the heavens and the earth. This declaration counters ancient Near Eastern beliefs that attributed creation to multiple deities, affirming monotheism and God's supreme authority.

1 Albeit the Lord God hath made, and governeth all the world, yet toward his chosen people, his gracious goodness doth most abundantly appear, in that among them he will have his dwelling place.

Psalms 24:1 Context. 1 (A Psalm of David.) The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

1 (A Psalm of David.) The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein. English Revised Version

1 The earth belongs to the Lord. And so does everything in it. The world belongs to him. And so do all those who live in it. the habitable world, and the dwellers on it, rational and irrational.

In Psalm 24:1 David affirms the truth that the Lord owns all creation. He states that the earth and everything pertaining to it, including human beings, belongs to the Lord.

Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day.

A Psalm of David. 1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, a. the world and all who dwell therein. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas . and established it upon the waters. 3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol b