Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 24:10
Under whose command are all the hosts of heaven and earth, angels and men, and ah other creatures.
Under whose command are all the hosts of heaven and earth, angels and men, and ah other creatures.
WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? - See the notes at Psalms 24:8. THE LORD OF HOSTS, HE IS THE KING OF GLORY - On the meaning of the phrase, “the Lord of hosts,” see the notes at Isaiah 1:9. The essential id...
Psalms 24 The Chief Shepherd, the King of Glory _ 1. Who shall dwell with Him when He comes? (Psalms 24:1)_ 2. The glorious manifestation of the King (Psalms 24:7)...
XXIV. PSALMS 24:1 f. Yahweh the Creator. PSALMS 24:2. For the water under the earth, _cf._ Exodus 20:4. There was sea below the earth, another on a level with the earth, and a third ocean above the f...
WHO. Who then, is He, this glorious King? THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on first occurrence (1 Samuel 1:3) and Structure above. SELAH. Connecting Psalms 25 with Psalms 24.
The procession has reached the ancient gates of Zion. They are summoned to open high and wide to admit their true King....
Challenge and response are repeated, with some slight variations, and one important change....
_The Lord of hosts_ The climax is reached. He claims to enter, not merely as a victorious warrior, but as the Sovereign of the Universe. The great title _Jehovah Tsebâôth_or _Lord of hosts_, which was...
DISCOURSE: 529 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST TYPIFIED Psalms 24:7. 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? Th...
PSALMS 24 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Admission of Worshippers into the Presence of the Previously Admitted King. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 24:1-2, Jehovah's Ownership of the World the Ground for Worshi...
_WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD OF HOSTS, HE IS THE KING OF GLORY. SELAH._ The Lord of hosts - rather, as 'Yahweh' (Hebrew for "the Lord") is not usually made to govern the genitive in this way,...
THE LORD OF HOSTS] one of the great OT. titles of God. The 'hosts' may include the armies of Israel, as well as the stars and angels who form 'the host of heaven.' SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
This Ps. is generally, and very appropriately, connected with the occasion when David brought up the ark from the house of Obededom to the tent prepared for it on Mt. Zion. It declares the universal s...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE LORD OF HOSTS. — A second challenge from the reluctant gates serves as the inauguration of the great name by which the Divine nature was especially known under the monarchy. (For its origin and fo...
מִ֤י ה֣וּא זֶה֮ מֶ֤לֶךְ הַ כָּ֫בֹ֥וד יְהוָ֥ה
Psalms 24:1 EWALD'S widely accepted view that this psalm is a composite of two fragments rests on a somewhat exaggerated estimate of the differences in tone and structure of the parts. These are obvio...
ENTERING JEHOVAH'S HOLY PLACE Psalms 24:1 Psalms 22:1 tells of the cross; Psalms 23:1 of the crook; Psalms 24:1 of the crown. This grea
This is the final psalm of the three, and as in Psa 22:1-31 the words so far exceed the possibility of exhaustion by any circumstances originating them as to create an opinion unanimously in favor of...
PSALM XXIV. (AT TE DOMINE LEVAVI.) A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. Seek. Hebrew, "keeps." But no one seeks after the law, who does not strive to keep it. (Berthier) --...
REFLECTIONS READER, short as this Psalm is, yet what glorious things are contained in it! What volumes are folded up in its bosom. Here is enough to excite inquiry, and to exercise contemplation upon...
What a sublimity there is in these blessed words; and what a rich treasure they contain, in reference to the person and glory of our almighty Mediator! So important a doctrine was the triumph of Jesus...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 23 AND 24. Psalms 23, 24 go in a certain sense by themselves, giving the perfect confidence in the Shepherd, Jehovah, founded on the experience of what He is in...
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 GLOR...
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah. Ver. 10. _Who is this King of glory?_] The best are _acute obtusi_ in the mystery of Christ crucified; and must therefo...
_Lift up your heads_, &c. The same verse is repeated again, to awaken the dulness of mankind, who are so hardly brought to a serious preparation for such solemnities; and to signify the great importan...
Who is this King of Glory? And the chorus answers, in joyful exultation: THE LORD OF HOSTS, the great Jehovah Sabaoth, HE IS THE KING OF GLORY. SELAH. May every heart be opened to Him in joyful welcom...
THE WELCOME OF THE KING...
7-10 The splendid entry here described, refers to the solemn bringing in of the ark into the tent David pitched for it, or the temple Solomon built for it. We may also apply it to the ascension of Ch...
Psalms 24:10 King H4428 glory H3519 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 King H4428 glory H3519 Selah H5542 The Lord -...
THE CALL TO LET YHWH ENTER HIS HOLY CITY, BRINGING ABOUT A REVELATION OF WHO HE IS (PSALMS 24:7). Psalms 24:7 ‘Lift up your heads, O you gates, And be you lifted up, you ancient (everlasting) doors...
Psalms 24:7 I. Notice the historical and original application of these words to the King who dwelt with Israel. The thought of God in these words is mainly that of a God of strong and victorious ener...
Psalms 24:1. _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.»...
CONTENTS: The one who shall stand before Jehovah. CHARACTER: God. CONCLUSION: Those who have been made meet for heaven shall be brought safely into God's presence. While none may venture to meet God...
Psalms 24:1. _The fulness thereof._ Targum, _all its creatures;_ all that the earth contains and supports. Psalms 24:4. _Not lifted up his soul to vanity;_ that is, to an idol. So the LXX, ματαια. Id...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 24:1. This psalm seems to be intended for public worship—perhaps a celebration remembering how David brought the ark of the Lord into Jerusalem (2
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 24:7 The people bearing the ark announce God’s presence in the ark, seeking entry into his sanctuary (v. Psalms 24:7). The people inside the sanctuary reply,...
INTRODUCTION “This grand choral hymn was in all probability composed and sung on the occasion of the removal of the ark from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David, on Mount Zion (2 Samuel 6). It...
EXPOSITION AT first sight this psalm seems to be composed of two quite separate fragments (Psalms 24:1 and Psalms 24:7); whence Ewald has laid it down that, in their origin, the two parts were wholly...
The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein (Psalms 24:1). It all belongs to God. For he hath founded it upon the seas, he established it upon the flood...
Hosea 12:3; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 6:3; John 12:40; John 14:9;...
Of hosts — Under whose command are all the hosts of heaven and earth, angels and men, and all other creatures....