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 into the place prepared for it by him, 2 Samuel 6:17; to which reference is supposed to be had in Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EARTH [IS] THE LORD'S, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF,.... The whole universe, all the terraqueous globe, both land and water, and the circumambient air, and all that is therein; the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, all plants and vegetables that spring out of the earth... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS,.... Or "with" them, as some interpret e the particle על; he hath founded the earth and seas together, and both upon nothing; and yet are stable and firm; or "by the seas" f, near unto them, at the side of them; which, though higher than the earth, are wonderfull... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD?.... Though the Lord has a claim in general to the whole world, and all its fulness; yet there is a particular part of it, or spot in it, which is his special and peculiar property, and that is his church and people; for though some reference may be had, in... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS, AND A PURE HEART,.... Though "clean hands" are mentioned first, as being more obvious to view, and better known, and more subject to the cognizance and observation of others; yet a "pure heart" is first in being and in order; from whence cleanness of hands, when right and t... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL RECEIVE THE BLESSING FROM THE LORD,.... Or "who receives" l; the future for the present; and so is a continuation of the description of a person proper to enter and abide in the church of God, as Psalms 24:6 seems to require; even one who has received every spiritual blessing in Christ in g... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS [IS] THE GENERATION OF THEM THAT SEEK HIM,.... The persons above described are such, who in every age are the generation of the children of God, and are accounted by him for a generation; they are such that seek him, in the first place, with their whole hearts, and in Christ, where they find hi... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES,.... By which the gates of hell are not meant; nor are the words to be understood of the descent of Christ thither, to fetch the souls of Old Testament saints from thence; who the Papists dream were detained in an apartment there, as in a prison, called by them "limbus... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO [IS] THIS KING OF GLORY?.... Which question is put by the church, or particular believers; not through ignorance, as the daughters of Jerusalem, Song of Solomon 5:9; or the Pharisees, when Christ made his public entrance into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:10; much less in pride and haughtiness, in scorn... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES EVEN LIFT [THEM] UP, YE EVERLASTING DOORS; AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME IN. Psalms 24:7. This is repeated on account of the backwardness and negligence of churches, and particular believers, to open and let Christ in; as may be seen in the case of the church in So... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY?.... This is repeated, because of the preceding words, and in order to have a further account of his glorious Person, as follows: THE LORD OF HOSTS, HE [IS] THE KING OF GLORY; he who is the Lord of sabaoth, the Lord of the armies, both of the heavens and the earth; at whos... [ Continue Reading ]