PSALM XXIV _The Lord is Sovereign Ruler of the universe_, 1, 2. _The great question, Who is fit to minister to the Lord in his_ _own temple_? 3-6. _The glory of God in his entrance into his temple_, 7-10. NOTES ON PSALM XXIV It is probable that this Psalm was composed on occasion of bringing... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:2. _HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS_] He not only created the vast _mass_, but separated the land from the waters, so that the mountains, c., being elevated above the waters, appear to be founded on them, and notwithstanding all the tossings and ragings of the ocean, these waters ca... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:3. _WHO SHALL ASCEND_] Who is sufficiently holy to wait in his temple? Who is fit to minister in the holy place?... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:4. HE THAT _HATH CLEAN HANDS_] He whose conscience is irreproachable; whose heart is without deceit and uninfluenced by unholy passions. _WHO HATH NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL_] Who has no _idolatrous_ inclination; whose faith is pure, and who conscientiously fulfils his promises and enga... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:5. _HE SHALL RECEIVE THE BLESSING_] Perhaps alluding to Obed-edom, at whose house the ark had been lodged, and on whom God had poured out especial blessings. _AND RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Mercy: every kind of necessary good. It is the mercy of God that crowns the _obedience_ and _fidelity_ o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:6. _THIS_ IS _THE GENERATION_] This is the description of people who are such as God can approve of, and delight in. _THAT SEEK THY FACE, O JACOB._] It is most certain that אלהי _Elohey, O God_, has been lost out of the _Hebrew_ text in most MSS., but it is preserved in two of _Kenn... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:7. _LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES_] The address of those who preceded the ark, the gates being addressed instead of the _keepers_ of the gates. Allusion is here made to the triumphal entry of a victorious general into the imperial city. In the hymn of _Callimachus_ to Apollo, there... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 24:8. _WHO_ IS _THIS KING OF GLORY?_] This is the answer of those who are _within_. Who is this glorious King, for whom ye demand entrance? To which they reply: - _THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE._] It is _Jehovah_, who is come to set up his abode in his imperial... [ Continue Reading ]