Psalm 95:5
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Cross-references
Psalm 33:7 depicts God gathering the sea as a heap — illustrating His control over what Psalm 95:5 says He made and owns.
Psalm 104:25 describes the vast sea teeming with creatures, affirming God's creation of it.
In Psalm 146:6, the same Creator is praised for making heaven, earth, sea, and all — expanding the scope of God's creative work.
Psalm 148:5 emphasizes creation by God's command — 'he commanded and they were created' — reinforcing His sovereign power.
Psalm 107:24 recounts sailors seeing God's wonders in the deep, a different perspective on His works in the sea.
Genesis 1:9 records the gathering of waters and appearance of dry land — the very act of creation described here.
Genesis 1:10 names the dry land Earth and the gathered waters Seas, confirming God's ownership.
In Jonah 1:9, Jonah confesses the LORD as the one 'who made the sea and the dry land' — directly echoing this verse.
Revelation 14:7 calls worship to the Creator of heaven, earth, sea, and springs — echoing the same creation formula.
Job 38:10 describes God setting bounds for the sea, echoing His forming of the dry land.
Job 38:11 records God commanding the sea's proud waves to stop, showing His authority over what He made.
Proverbs 8:29 speaks of God assigning the sea its limit, paralleling His formation of the dry land.
Jeremiah 5:22 declares God placed sand as the sea's boundary, reinforcing His sovereign creation.