Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:6
(6) O Jacob.—The address to Jacob is certainly wrong, and therefore many critics, following the LXX. and Syriac, rightly insert, as in our margin, the words “O God of.” read more
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Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:7
(7) Gates.—The LXX. and Vulgate miss this fine personification, by rendering “princes” instead of “heads.”“Lift up your gates, O princes.”The sacrifice of the poetry to antiquarianism, by introducing the idea of a “portcullis,” is little less excusable. The poet deems the ancient gateways of the conquered castle far too low for the dignity of the approaching Monarch, and calls on them to open wide and high to give room for His passage.Everlasting doors.—Better, ancient doors, “gates of old;” an... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:8
(8) 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—“Jehovah, the strong, the mighty, Jehovah, mighty in battle.” read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:10
(10) 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 force, see Note on 1 Samuel 1:3.) read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 24:1-10
Psalms 24:0 These were the last words written by Columba after he had spent a long life of incessant Christian labour. He died in Iona on 9 June, a.d. 597. The narrative Adamnan gives of his closing hours, of his farewell words with his sorrow-stricken disciples, of his parting with his faithful old horse, which put its head on its master's breast as if aware of the event, reveals the deep tenderness and humanity of his nature. When the biographer has lingered lovingly on the little incidents... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10
Psalms 24:1-10EWALD’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 obvious, but do not demand the hypothesis of compilation; and the original author has as good a right to be credited with the uniting thought as the supposed editor has. The usually alleged occasion of the psalm fits its tone so well and gives such appropriateness to some of its phrases that stronger... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 24:1-10
Psalms 24:0 The Chief Shepherd, the King of Glory 1. Who shall dwell with Him when He comes? (Psalms 24:1-6 ) 2. The glorious manifestation of the King (Psalms 24:7-10 ) Psalms 24:1-6 . This Psalm may have been composed and used 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 6:1-23 ). It is a millennial Psalm and describes how the Lord will enter His glorious dwelling place on Mount Zion when He appears in power and in... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 24:2
24:2 For he hath founded it upon the {a} seas, and established it upon the floods.(a) He notes two things: the one, that the earth to man’s judgment seems above the waters: and next, that God miraculously preserves the earth, that it is not drowned with the waters, which naturally are above it. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 24:6
24:6 This [is] the {b} generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.(b) Though circumcision separates the carnal seed of Jacob, from the Gentiles, yet he who seeks God, is the true Jacob and an Israelite. read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:5
(5) Righteousness.—This is the real blessing that comes from God. That virtue is her own reward, is the moral statement of the truth. The highest religious statement must be looked for in Christ’s “Beatitudes.” read more