“For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.”
The statement that God has founded the earth on the seas and established it on the rivers explains the cosmic foundation and suggests divine mastery over primal waters. The founding imagery suggests divine creative act. The rivers and seas suggest the chaotic forces that God orders and controls. This verse establishes God as the creator who establishes order.
Church Fathers on Psalms 24:2
A psalm of David himself, on the first day of the week. 1. A Psalm of David himself, touching the glorifying and resurrection of the Lord, which took place early in the morning on the first day of the week, which is now called the Lord's Day. 2. “The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the compass of the world, and all they that dwell therein” Psalm 23:1; when the Lord, being glorified, is announced for the believing of all nations; and the whole compass of the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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