Psalm 24
The king of glory.
THE KING OF GLORY
A Psalm by David.
VERSE 1. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
The earth is the LORD’s. We might be the “owner” of things, whether a house or groceries, bank accounts or tools, jewelry or cars or plates.
But ultimately these things belong to the LORD God. We are simply “stewards” who are entrusted with them for a while.
VERSE 2. For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
he has founded it. David acknowledges the sovereignty of the LORD God over everything.
VERSE 3. Who may ascend to the LORD’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
the LORD’s hill. That is, the temple on the hill.
VERSE 4. He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
He who has. This answer may have been given by the priests at the temple.
a pure heart. The Lord Jesus says people whose heart is pure will be blessed to see God! Read more »
VERSE 5. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, righteousness from the God of his salvation.
VERSE 6. This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.
those who seek Him. Do you seek the LORD God?
VERSE 7. Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
Lift up your heads, you gates. David calls for the gates of Jerusalem to be opened.
VERSE 8. Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.
VERSE 9. Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
VERSE 10. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of Hosts is the King of glory!
PSALMS
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Deuterocanonical chapter: 151
RESOURCES: Summary, Outline, Memorize, David’s Fasting
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