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 sovereignty of God the Creator (Psalms 24:1), and describes the character of those who may approach His earthly dwelling (Psalms 24:3). Then there follows a twice-repeated scene, in which the gates of Jerusalem are summoned to open, that God, as represented by the ark, may enter; while the warders ask who the approaching conqueror is, and the people reply that He is the Lord of hosts (Psalms 24:7).

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