Psalms 24:1-6

1 ¹The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof,^[a] the world and those who dwell therein,

2 for he has ²founded it upon ³the seas and established it upon the rivers.

3 ⁴Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his ⁵holy place?

4 ⁶He who has ⁷clean hands and ⁸a pure heart, who does not ⁹lift up his soul to ¹⁰what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

5 He will receive ¹¹blessing from the LORD and ¹²righteousness from ¹³the God of his salvation.

6 Such is ¹⁴the generation of those who seek him, who ¹⁵seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[b] Selah

Psalms 24:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 24

\\<>\\. This psalm is thought by some of the Jewish writers {d} to have been wrote when the ark was brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, and put into the place prepared for it by him, 2Sa 6:17; to which reference is supposed to be had in Ps 24:7-10; or after that David had built an altar in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and had knowledge of the hill Moriah, as the place where the sanctuary was to be built; called the hill of the Lord, and his holy place, Ps 24:3; however, it was certainly written by David, under the inspiration of the spirit of God; and is a prophecy of Christ, and of the Gospel church, and describes the members of it. {d} Aben Ezra & Kimchi.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 50:12; Psalms 89:11; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 10:14; Job 41:11; Cited 1 Corinthians 10:26
• 2. Psalms 104:5; Job 38:6; Proverbs 8:29
• 3. Psalms 136:6; Genesis 1:9
• 4. For ver. 3-5, see Psalms 15:1-5
• 5. Psalms 2:6
• 6. [Deuteronomy 10:12; Isaiah 33:15, 16; Micah 6:8]
• 7. See Job 22:30
• 8. Psalms 73:1; Matthew 5:8
• 9. [Ezekiel 18:6]
• 10. Psalms 31:6; Psalms 119:37
• 11. [Genesis 22:17, 18]
• 12. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1
• 13. Psalms 27:9; Psalms 38:22; Psalms 51:14; Psalms 88:1
• 14. Psalms 14:5
• 15. Psalms 27:8; Psalms 105:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Or and all that fills it
• [b]. Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text Jacob, who seek your face