Psalm 24:2
“For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 24Meaning
The LORD founded the world upon the seas and established it upon the waters; the verse uses ancient poetic cosmological imagery to confess God as creator, not to provide a modern scientific model.
The LORD owns and founded the earth
Verses 1–2 confess the LORD’s universal ownership and creative founding of the world.
Read carefully
The LORD founded the world upon the seas and established it upon the waters; the verse uses ancient poetic cosmological imagery to confess God as creator, not to provide a modern scientific model. Keep the verse within Psalm 24’s movement from creation to holy ascent to the King of glory.
Reflection
The LORD founded the world upon the seas and established it upon the waters; the verse uses ancient poetic cosmological imagery to confess God as creator, not to provide a modern scientific model.