The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 24:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods (comp. Genesis 1:9). God has established the earth above the seas and floods, causing it to "appear," and thus making it a fitting habitation for man.

Hence his right of property in the earth and in all the dwellers on it. They exist through his providential care (comp. Psalms 104:6-9).

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