Psalms 89:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
Webster's Revision
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world, and the fullness of it, thou hast founded them.
World English Bible
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Clarke's Psalms 89:11 Bible Commentary
The heavens are thine - Thou art the Governor of all things, and the Disposer of all events.
The world - The terraqueous globe.
And the fullness - All the generations of men. Thou hast founded them - thou hast made them, and dost sustain them.
After this verse, the Editio Princeps of the Hebrew Bible, printed at Soncini, 1488, adds: -
לילה לך אף יום לך lailah lecha aph yom lecha
ושמש מאור הכינות אתה vashamesh maor hachinotha attah To thee is the day; also to thee is the night:
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
But these same words are found in Psalm 74:16.
Barnes's Psalms 89:11 Bible Commentary
The heavens are thine - Are thy work; and, therefore, thy property - the highest conception of property being that which is derived from creation. It is also implied here that as all things belong to God, he has a right to dispose of them as he pleases.
The earth also is thine - The earth itself, as made by thee; all that the earth produces, as having sprung out of that which thou hast made. The entire proprietorship is in thee.
As for the world - In the use of this word, the earth is spoken of as inhabitable, meaning that the earth and all that dwell upon it belong to God.
And the fulness thereof - All that it produces; what constitutes its enireness. That is, the earth itself considered as earth, or as a mass of matter; and all that springs from it; all that constitutes the earth, with all its mountains, seas, rivers, people, animals, minerals, harvests, cities, towns, monuments - the productions of nature, the works of power, and the achievements of art. Compare the notes at Psalm 24:1.
Thou hast founded them - They all have their foundation in thee; that is, thou hast caused them all to exist. They have no independent and separate basis on which to rest.
