Psalms 115:16 · KJV
“The heaven, {even} the heavens, {are} the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
— Psalms 115:16
Ye {are} blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms 115 — Context
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Ye {are} blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
16The heaven, {even} the heavens, {are} the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all {things} under his feet:
Psalms 89:11
The heavens {are} thine, the earth also {is} thine: {as for} the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. {the fulness...: or, all it containeth}
Genesis 1:28-30
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}
Jeremiah 27:5-6
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that {are} upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Genesis 9:1-3
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Psalms 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven {is} my throne, and the earth {is} my footstool: where {is} the house that ye build unto me? and where {is} the place of my rest?