Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 24:2

2. For he hath founded it upon the seas , and established it upon the floods .

Justly have I said, that the Earth is the Lord▪ s, for he made it, and laid the Foundation of it, and that in a wonderful manner.

By the Seas and Floods, he means the whole Collection of Waters, as well the Sea and Rivers running into it, as that great Abyss of Waters which is contained in the Bowels of the Earth, of which see Gen. 7. 11. and 49. 25. 2 Pet. 3. 5. This is here mentioned as an Evidence of God's wise and powerful and gracious Providence, that he hath built so vast▪ a Building upon so weak a Foundation, as the Waters are. Mic. 6. 2. and that although the Waters are lighter than the Earth, and therefore are naturally inc[illegible: 1+ letters]ned to be above it, as they were at first, yet God hath so far over-ruled the inclinations of Nature, that the Waters shall as it were deny themselves and run down into Channels, and Caverns of the Earth, that so the Earth may be a Convenient Habitation for men and beasts. See Gen. 1. 9. Exod. 20. 4. Psal. 104. 6.

By the Seas and Floods, he means the whole Collection of Waters, as well the Sea and Rivers running into it, as that great Abyss of Waters which is contained in the Bowels of the Earth, of which see Gen. 7. 11. and 49. 25. 2 Pet. 3. 5. This is here mentioned as an Evidence of God's wise and powerful and gracious Providence, that he hath built so vast▪ a Building upon so weak a Foundation, as the Waters are. Mic. 6. 2. and that although the Waters are lighter than the Earth, and therefore are naturally inc[illegible: 1+ letters]ned to be above it, as they were at first, yet God hath so far over-ruled the inclinations of Nature, that the Waters shall as it were deny themselves and run down into Channels, and Caverns of the Earth, that so the Earth may be a Convenient Habitation for men and beasts. See Gen. 1. 9. Exod. 20. 4. Psal. 104. 6.

Marginal references: Job. 38. 6. Psal. 104. 5. & 136. 6.