Psalm 24:3-4 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10

The King of glory. Christ as the King of glory is represented here in three aspects. I. AS THE LORD OF THE EARTH . ( Psalms 24:1 , 21.) The kingdoms of this world are limited. Some are larger than others, but the largest has its bounds ( Esther 1:1 ; Daniel 4:1 ). Christ's kingdom is unlimited. Go where you will, pass from one country to another, visit different peoples, with different customs and laws, you can never get beyond its bounds. Like the sky, it covers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:3

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? The second strophe opens with one of David's sudden transitions. Who is worthy to be brought into contact with a God of such might and glory? Who shall ascend into his hill? God's "hill" is, in reality, the highest heaven, wherein he has his dwelling-place. Its representative on earth was, at this time, the Mount Zion, where it was already determined in the Divine counsels that the temple should be built, and whither David was now about to transfer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:3

This psalm breathes the spirit of aspiration. It speaks of the earth as the Lord's; but we are not to rest with the earth. The call is," Who will ascend?" As one of our own poets has said— ''Not to the earth confined, ascend to heaven." Aspiration is an instinct of the heart. The young man is full of hope. Nothing seems to him impossible. His spirit leaps within him, longing to take part with others in the struggle of life. "Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:4

He that hath clean hands. He whose hands are free from acts of sin (comp. Psalms 15:2-5 ), and not only so, but he who hath also a pure heart, since the heart is the source of all evil ( Matthew 15:19 , Matthew 15:20 ), and wrongful words and wicked acts are the necessary results of the heart being impure. "God's demands upon his people," as Hengstenberg observes, "go beyond the domain of action. Those only see him—those only are fit to ascend into his hill—who have a pure heart." Who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:4

A high standard of practical morality. "Clean hands, and a pure heart." It would be impossible to condense into so few words a more beautiful and comprehensive description of true holiness. The gospel reveals motives and offers grace beyond not only the experience, but the conception, of Old Testament saints. But it cannot set a higher standard of practical morality than this: blameless conduct , and right motives ; clean hands , and a pure heart. To come up perfectly to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 24:3

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? - Mount Zion; called the hill of the Lord, because it was the place designated for His worship, or the place of His abode. See the notes at Psalms 15:1. The idea here is, “Who shall ascend there with a view of abiding there? Who is worthy to dwell there?” The question is equivalent to asking, What constitutes true religion? What is required for the acceptable worship of God? What will prepare a person for heaven?Or who shall stand in his holy place? -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 24:4

He that hath clean hands - In the parallel passage in Psalms 15:2, the answer to the question is, “He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness.” The sentiment is substantially the same there as in the passage before us. The meaning is, that he who would be recognized as a friend and worshipper of Yahweh must be an upright man; a person not living in the practice of iniquity, but striving always to do that which is right. The “hands” are the instruments by which we accomplish anything;... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 24:3

Psalms 24:3. Who shall ascend, &c. Dr. Hammond infers from the composition of this Psalm, that it was intended to be sung by two companies or choirs, the one answering the other. To strengthen his conjecture that it was actually performed so, he observes, that upon very solemn occasions (and such this was) it was usual with the Jews to separate themselves, to divide into two companies, one standing on one side, and the other on the other. Thus, so long ago as Moses’s time, six tribes... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 24:4

Psalms 24:4. He that hath clean hands Whose actions and conversation are holy and unblameable. It is here very observable that the character of a right and acceptable worshipper of God is not taken from his nation and relation to Abraham; nor from any or all of those costly and laborious rites and ceremonies of the law in which the generality of the Israelites placed their confidence, but from moral and spiritual duties, which most of them grossly neglected. And a pure heart Purged from... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10

Psalms 24:0 The triumphal entrySaul had taken little interest in the religious life of Israel. During his reign the ark of the covenant (or covenant box) remained in a country house in Kiriath-jearim. David set about correcting this state of affairs by restoring the ark, symbol of God’s presence, to its rightful place at the centre of the nation’s religious life. One of the greatest days of his life, therefore, was the day on which he brought the ark into Jerusalem (1 Samuel 7:1-2; 2 Samuel... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 24:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 24:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 24:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 24:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 24:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10

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