Psalms 24:1-7

1 {Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

5 He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Psalms 24:1-7 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Tebel, 'the habitable earth:' see Ps. 9.8.
• [b]. Or 'innocent.'
• [c]. Or 'thy face [in] Jacob.'