Psalms 95:5 (YLT)

Passage

Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Nearby Context

Psalms 95:3 For a great God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

Psalms 95:4 In whose hand <FI>are<Fi> the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills <FI>are<Fi> His.

Psalms 95:5 Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Psalms 95:6 Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

Psalms 95:7 For He <FI>is<Fi> our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whose", "hands", "formed", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whose" and "hands", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "In whose hand FI are Fi the..." into verse 6's "Come in we bow ourselves and we...", so "whose" and "hands" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whose" and "hands" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.