Psaumes 24:2

Louis Segond

Car il l'a fondée sur les mers, Et affermie sur les fleuves.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Car il l'a fond�e au-dessus des mers, et l'a affermie au-dessus des fleuves.

Darby's French Translation
Car lui l'a fond�e sur les mers, et l'a �tablie sur les fleuves.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Car il l'a fond�e sur les mers, et l'a pos�e sur les fleuves.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 33:6, Psalms 95:4, Psalms 104:5, Psalms 104:6, Psalms 136:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Job 38:4, Jeremiah 10:11-16, 2 Peter 3:5-7

and: Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10, Genesis 8:22, Job 38:8-11, Jeremiah 5:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:7 - I will Exodus 9:29 - that the earth Leviticus 25:2 - When ye Numbers 33:53 - General 1 Samuel 2:8 - the pillars Job 26:7 - General Job 38:6 - Whereupon Psalms 50:12 - world Psalms 65:6 - Which Psalms 74:17 - set Psalms 89:11 - General Isaiah 42:5 - he that spread Jeremiah 10:12 - established

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he hath founded it upon the seas,.... Or "with" them, as some interpret e the particle על; he hath founded the earth and seas together, and both upon nothing; and yet are stable and firm; or "by the seas" f, near unto them, at the side of them; which, though higher than the earth, are wonderfully bounded by the power of God, so as not to return and cover the earth; see Job 38:8; so the particle is used in Psalms 1:3. Some have thought that the first earth, which Peter says was standing in the water, and out of the water, 2 Peter 3:5, was made in the form of an egg, and that the waters were under the earth, and the earth was as a crust or shell over them, until the deluge came; and this crust then broke in, and formed the sea; and so it was literally true, that the earth was founded upon, or over the waters;

and established it upon the floods; the floods of the seas, or rivers of water running to and fro in it: this shows the ground and foundation of Christ's right and claim to the earth, and all that is in it; which is not by reason of his father's gift to him as Mediator, but by virtue of his concern in creation, the world, and all things in it, being made and established by him; in him do all things consist, Colossians 1:16.

e R. Moses in Aben Ezra in loc. f על ימים "juxta maria", Vatablus, Gejerus, Amama; so Kimchi & Ben Melech.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he hath founded it upon the seas - That is, the earth, or the habitable world. The ground of the claim to the earth and all that it contains, which is here asserted, is the fact that God had created it, or “founded” it. The language used here - “he hath founded it,” that is, he has laid the foundation of it, “upon the seas” and “the floods” - is in accordance with the usual mode of speaking of the earth in the Scriptures as laid upon a foundation - as a house is raised on a firm foundation. See the notes at Job 38:6. As the earth appeared to be surrounded by water, it was natural to speak of it as “founded” also upon the waters. There is probably an allusion here to the statement in Genesis 1:9-10, where the waters are said to have been so gathered together that the dry land appeared. Above all the waters the earth was established, so as to become the abode of plants, animals, and man.

And established it upon the floods - The streams; the torrents. The earth has been elevated above them, so as to be a residence for animals and for men. The essential thought is, that this earth has become what it is by the fact that God has founded it; and, therefore, what it produces belongs of right to Him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 24:2. He hath founded it upon the seas — He not only created the vast mass, but separated the land from the waters, so that the mountains, &c., being elevated above the waters, appear to be founded on them, and notwithstanding all the tossings and ragings of the ocean, these waters cannot prevail. It is established upon the floods, and cannot be shaken.