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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 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 Psalms 24:7; or after that David had built an...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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, and metals and minerals in the bowels of it;...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm is concerning the kingdom of Jesus Christ, I. His providential kingdom, by which he rules the world, ver. 1, 2. II. The kingdom of his grace, by which he rules in his church. 1. Concerning the subjects of that kingdom; their character (ver. 4, 6), their charter, ver. 5. 2. Concerning the King of that kingdom; and a summons to all to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof, And therefore it is also the believer’s. The real fullness of the earth belongs to the Christian. “The meek shall inherit the earth.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The world, and they that dwell there in. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. So, child of God, you are in your Father’s house even while you are down here on earth. Still, that question in the next verse is very suggestive. Albeit that the earth is the Lord’s, yet we do not want to stop in it for ever.
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. How very different is this from the ignorant Jewish notion of God which prevailed in our Saviour's day? The Jews said, "The holy land is God's, and the seed of Abraham are his only people; " but their great Monarch had long before instructed them, — The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. The whole round world is claimed for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 wonderfully bounded by the power of God, so as not to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 this passage, to Mount Moriah, and the hill of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? This is the portion of the Lord’s people to ascend the hill of the Zion that is above, to enter the New Jerusalem, and to stand in the immediate presence of God. But who shall ever be able to do that?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 truth springs: no man has a pure heart naturally...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully; he shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the blood of his salvation. The man who will go to heaven is the clean man, the man who has been washed from his sins in the blood of the Lamb; and he is clean just...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 general, special grace out of his fulness;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 him; that seek thy face, O Jacob. By the "face" of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is the generation of them that seek him, that see thy face, O Jacob. Selah. It is a wonderful thing that Jesus Christ should take his people’s name but he does. He gives his Church his own name in that remarkable passage in Jer_33:16, “This is the name wherewith she shall be called The Lord our righteousness;” and now, to make the union...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 patrum"; seeing these, immediately upon their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who [is] this King of glory?.... Which question is put by the church, or particular believers; not through ignorance, as the daughters of Jerusalem, So 5:9; or the Pharisees, when Christ made his public entrance into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:10; much less in pride and haughtiness, in scorn and derision, as Pharaoh, Exodus 5:1; and the Capernaites,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lift up your heads, O ye gates even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. [See comments on 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 5:2; as well as the more to set...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 whose dispose and control all things are in both...