Psalm 24:2 {23:2}
Good News Translation
He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in the ocean depths.

New Revised Standard Version
for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD placed it all on the oceans and rivers.

New American Bible
For he founded it on the seas, established it over the rivers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

For

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Psalm 95:4 For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

Psalm 104:5,6 Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever. . . .

Psalm 136:6 Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Genesis 1:9,10 God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. . . .

Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Jeremiah 10:11-16 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. . . .

2 Peter 3:5-7 For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God: . . .

and

Psalm 93:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

Psalm 96:10 Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

Genesis 8:22 All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

Job 38:8-11 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: . . .

Jeremiah 5:22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

Context
The Earth is the LORD's
1On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein. 2For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.3Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?…
Cross References
2 Peter 3:5
For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

Genesis 1:9
God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

Psalm 104:3
Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

Psalm 104:5
Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

Psalm 136:6
Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Psalm 24:1
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