Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 24:8
The Lord — He is no ordinary person, no other than Jehovah, who hath given so many proofs of his almightiness, who hath subdued all his enemies, and is now returned in triumph.
The Lord — He is no ordinary person, no other than Jehovah, who hath given so many proofs of his almightiness, who hath subdued all his enemies, and is now returned in triumph.
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 M...
WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? - This is probably the response of a portion of the choir of singers. The answer is found in the other part of the verse. THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY - Yahweh, strong and mig...
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...
The procession has reached the ancient gates of Zion. They are summoned to open high and wide to admit their true King....
Who is the King of glory? may be merely a rhetorical question; but it is far more poetical to suppose that the gates, or the warders, are represented as challenging the comer's right to enter. The cho...
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 STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE._ Who is this King of glory? The question is put in order to lend the people seriously to ask it, and so to ponder up...
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...
WHO... — But the claim is not unchallenged. The old heathen gates will not at once recognise the new-comer’s right of admission. THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY. — But it is the right of conquest — “Jeho...
מִ֥י זֶה֮ מֶ֤לֶךְ הַ כָּ֫בֹ֥וד יְ֭הוָה עִזּ֣ו
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...
_Righteous. Though he is always ready to receive the penitent, he will punish the obstinate with severity. (Calmet; Worthington) --- Yet he points out the means of obtaining his favour. (St. Augustine...
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_)....
8._Who is this King of glory? etc _The praises by which the power of God is here magnified are intended to tell the Jews that he did not sit idle in his temple, but took up his abode in it, in order t...
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?.... 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...
Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Ver. 8. _Who is this King of glory?_] The gates are brought in as asking this question, saith R. David. This is the...
_Who is the King of glory?_ What is the cause of this imperious call? And why? Or, for whom must those gates be opened in so solemn and extraordinary a manner? The answer is, _The Lord strong and migh...
THE WELCOME OF THE KING...
Who is this King of Glory? And the chorus joyfully answers: THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE. The Messiah is the almighty God, mighty, invincible in war, clothed with everlasting...
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...
This seems to be a prolepsis, or removal of an objection. You will say, What is the cause of this imperious call? and why or for whom must those gates be opened in so solemn and extraordinary a manner...
Psalms 24:8 King H4428 glory H3519 LORD H3068 strong H5808 mighty H1368 LORD H3068 mighty H1368 battle H4421...
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 24:7 I. The primary reference of the words of the text is to the bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom into the tent prepared for its reception within the precincts of the city of...
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...
_Lift up your heads, O ye gates._ THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST It is generally admitted by expositors that these words have a secondary, if not a primary, reference to the return of the Mediator to heaven...
_Who is this King of glory._ THE KING OF GLORY In the old days, when the king of England wished to enter the city of London through Temple Bar, the gate being closed against him, the herald advanced...
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...
Colossians 2:15; Isaiah 19:24; Isaiah 63:1; Isaiah 9:6; Psalms 45:3