Salmos 24:6

6 Tal é a geração daqueles que o buscam, daqueles que buscam a tua face, ó Deus de Jacó.

Salmos 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 24:6

This [is] the generation of them that seek him
The persons above described are such, who in every age are the generation of the children of God, and are accounted by him for a generation; they are such that seek him, in the first place, with their whole hearts, and in Christ, where they find him;

that seek thy face, O Jacob.
By the "face" of God is meant the favour of God, the discoveries of his love, the light of his countenance, than which nothing is more desirable to gracious souls, or more sought after by them; and by Jacob is meant the God of Jacob; and so Apollinarius has it in his metaphrase; see ( Psalms 10:1 ) ; unless Christ should be intended, one of whose names is Israel, ( Isaiah 49:3 ) ; or the words may be supplied, as they are by some Jewish writers F13, "this is Jacob"; or the persons before described are the seed of Jacob, and who are called by his name: and it may be observed, that the church of God often bears the same name, ( Isaiah 43:1 ) ( Isaiah 44:1 Isaiah 44:5 ) ; and then the sense is, the persons whose characters are given above are fit to ascend, and stand in the holy hill of God, are Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile.

Selah; on this word, (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).


FOOTNOTES:

F13 Aben Ezra, Kimchi, & Ben Melech in loc.

Salmos 24:6 In-Context

4 Aquele que é limpo de mãos e puro de coração; que não entrega a sua alma � vaidade, nem jura enganosamente.
5 Este receberá do Senhor uma bênção, e a justiça do Deus da sua salvação.
6 Tal é a geração daqueles que o buscam, daqueles que buscam a tua face, ó Deus de Jacó.
7 Levantai, ó portas, as vossas cabeças; levantai-vos, ó entradas eternas, e entrará o Rei da Glória.
8 Quem é o Rei da Glória? O Senhor forte e poderoso, o Senhor poderoso na batalha.
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