“The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.”
All creation belongs to God: "The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed." The enumeration of creation (sea, dry land) and the emphasis that God made and formed them establishes creation as the foundation of divine right to rule.
Church Fathers on Psalms 95:5
1. I could wish, brethren, that we were rather listening to our father: but even this is a good thing, to obey our father. Since therefore he who deigns to pray for us, has ordered us, I will speak unto you, beloved, what from the present Psalm Jesus Christ our common Lord shall deign to give us. Now the title of the Psalm is “David's Song of praise.” The “Song of praise” signifies both cheerfulness, in that it is a song; and devotion, for it is praise. For what ought a man…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!