Psalms 24:1-7

1 <> The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; The world, and those who dwell therein.

2 For he has founded it on the seas, And established it on the floods.

3 Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, you gates; Be lifted up, you everlasting doors: The King of glory will 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.