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Psalm 24

Psa. 24:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he hath founded
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
it upon the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
it upon the floods
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 95:4• 4In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. (Psa. 95:4)
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Psa. 104:5‑6• 5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
 6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. (Psa. 104:5‑6)
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Psa. 136:6• 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:6)
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Gen. 1:9‑10• 9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:9‑10)
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Job 38:4• 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. (Job 38:4)
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Jer. 10:11‑16• 11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
 14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:11‑16)
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2 Peter 3:5‑7• 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:5‑7)
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Psa. 93:1• 1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. (Psa. 96:10)
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Gen. 8:22• 22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:8‑11)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
• His first claim to all is that He is the Creator of all― “He hath founded it” (cf. Rev. 4:11). (“Psalms 24” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.