In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
In his hand means the deep places of the earth and the strength of the hills belong to God and are under His power, authority, and control. The depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains are His as Creator, showing that all creation belongs to Him. The deepest places and the mightiest hills alike are under His power.
The verse belongs to a call to worship God as Maker, presenting Him as a great God and a great King above all gods. His greatness gives reason to sing joyfully to the rock of salvation, to make a joyful noise, to come before His presence with thanksgiving and psalms, and to kneel before the Lord in worship. This worship with thanksgiving and praise is grounded in His ownership and power over what He has made.
Together with the next verse, it presents God as Creator of the sea and the dry land, because the sea belongs to Him since He made it and His hands formed the dry land. Nature is His handiwork, not God Himself. The hills, valleys, streams, and fountains are not ruled by idols; the living God controls nature and gives the waters and rain that sustain life.
The Sabbath brings this message of God as Creator and the call to worship Him as Maker to God's people today. Psalm 95 is to be read together with Psalms 91, 92, and 96 in view of the woe upon those who call evil good and good evil and who cast away the law of the Lord of hosts and despise the word of the Holy One of Israel.
In his hand means the deep places of the earth and the strength of the hills belong to God and are under His power, authority, and control. The depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains are His as Creator, showing that all creation belongs to Him. The deepest places and the mightiest hills alike are under His power.
The verse belongs to a call to worship God as Maker, presenting Him as a great God and a great King above all gods. His greatness gives reason to sing joyfully to the rock of salvation, to make a joyful noise, to come before His presence with thanksgiving and psalms, and to kneel before the Lord in worship. This worship with thanksgiving and praise is grounded in His ownership and power over what He has made.
Together with the next verse, it presents God as Creator of the sea and the dry land, because the sea belongs to Him since He made it and His hands formed the dry land. Nature is His handiwork, not God Himself. The hills, valleys, streams, and fountains are not ruled by idols; the living God controls nature and gives the waters and rain that sustain life.
The Sabbath brings this message of God as Creator and the call to worship Him as Maker to God's people today. Psalm 95 is to be read together with Psalms 91, 92, and 96 in view of the woe upon those who call evil good and good evil and who cast away the law of the Lord of hosts and despise the word of the Holy One of Israel.