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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24 - Introduction

* Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and the subjects of that kingdom. (1-6) Concerning the King of that kingdom. (7-10)

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See also Psalms 24 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    There is no reason to doubt that the title of this psalm, which ascribes it to David, is correct. A portion of the psalm Psalms 24:3 has a strong resemblance to Psalms 15:1, and doubtless was composed...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The impregnable stronghold of Zion had fallen. David was master of his future capital. But it was not in his own strength, not for his own glory, that the victory had been won. The city of David was t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXIV. Here, as in Psalms 19, we come upon a poem made up of two separate pieces, united without due regard to the difference both of tone and rhythm, which strikes even an English reader. The piece fr...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 24 A PSALM OF DAVID. 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 i...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2987. B.C. 1017._ This Psalm is generally thought to have been composed by David, upon that solemn occasion of bringing the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom, into the tabernacle which Dav...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    In a sense this may well have been a propaganda Psalm, although with a very spiritual (and political) purpose in view. For David, having captured Jerusalem and having made it his capital (2 Samuel 5:9...

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