Psalms 115:16
Hebrew Text— Psalms 115:16The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
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Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge.
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
All of Mount Sinai smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.
If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”
“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can’t see, hear, or walk.
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.
For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.
“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.
Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”
But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”
He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet.
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.
You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.
She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.
In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.”
Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?