Psalms 24 — with JFB Commentary
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1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
PSALM 24
Psa 24:1-10. God's supreme sovereignty requires a befitting holiness of life and heart in His worshippers; a sentiment sublimely illustrated by describing His entrance into the sanctuary, by the symbol of His worship--the ark, as requiring the most profound homage to the glory of His Majesty.
1. fulness--everything.
world--the habitable globe, with
they that dwell--forming a parallel expression to the first clause.
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
2. Poetically represents the facts of Ge 1:9.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
3-4. The form of a question gives vivacity. Hands, tongue, and heart are organs of action, speech, and feeling, which compose character.
hill of the Lord--(compare Psa 2:6, &c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.
4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
3-4. The form of a question gives vivacity. Hands, tongue, and heart are organs of action, speech, and feeling, which compose character.
hill of the Lord--(compare Psa 2:6, &c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.
5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
5. righteousness--the rewards which God bestows on His people, or the grace to secure those rewards as well as the result.
6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
6. Jacob--By "Jacob," we may understand God's people (compare Is 43:22; 44:2, &c.), corresponding to "the generation," as if he had said, "those who seek Thy face are Thy chosen people."
7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.
8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.
9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.
10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.