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Psalms 115:16

Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's,.... Not only the visible heavens, the airy and starry regions, which are within our sight; but the heaven of heavens, the third heaven, into which the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The heaven - Hebrew, “The heavens.” Even the heavens are the Lord’s - A more literal and correct rendering of this would be, “The heavens are heavens for Jehovah.” That is, he has reserved the heavens…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 115:9-18

In these verses,

I. We are earnestly exhorted, all of us, to repose our confidence in God, and not suffer our confidence in him to be shaken by the heathens' insulting over us upon the account of our…