Psalms 24:3-10

3 Who has the right to go up the Lord's hill? Who may enter his holy Temple?

4 Those who are pure in act and in thought, ¹ who do not worship idols or make false promises.

5 The Lord will bless them and save them; God will declare them innocent.

6 Such are the people who come to God, who come into the presence of the God of Jacob.

7 Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

8 Who is this great king? He is the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, victorious in battle.

9 Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

10 Who is this great king? The triumphant Lord - he is the great king!

Psalms 24:3-10 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. 24.4Matthew 5.8.

Footnotes

• [a]. the lord's hill: [The hill in Jerusalem on which the Temple was built.]