psalm-24:4,-psalm-24:6-niv

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 24:4

(4) His soul.—The Hebrew margin is “my soul,” a reading confirmed by the Alexandrian Codex of the LXX. The Rabbis defend it by saying soul here = name (comp. Amos 6:8; Jeremiah 51:14), and to lift up to vanity = to take in vain.Vanity.—Evidently, from the parallelism, in the sense of falsehood, as in Job 31:5.Deceitfully.—Literally, to fraud, from a root meaning to trip up. The LXX. and Vulg. add (from Psalms 15:0) “to his neighbour.” 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

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 24:1-10

Psalms 18:0 A song of victory. It opens with ejaculatory expressions of triumph for deliverance. All nature is described as convulsed when the Almighty presses to the rescue. The next division is meditation on the principles involved, the whole closing with a further outburst of triumph and confidence. 2 Samuel 22:0 is a copy of this ode saying a few variations, and the student is referred to our treatment of it at that place. Psalms 19:0 God’s revelation in the world and in the Word. We have a... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 24:4

Who is this? Where is the man that can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from sin? Proverbs 20:9 . Where shall we look among all the fallen sons of Adam for one to answer this description? All have sinned, and come short of God's glory. But there is a man, whose name is Wonderful, and who hath been found worthy, as the representative of our poor nature, both to ascend and to dwell there; even Jesus, the Glory-man, the God-man, who, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 24:4

All, is not expressed in Hebrew or some copies of the Septuagint. (Berthier) --- Cause. No one can have reason to do so. But those who injure their harmless brethren, are more reprehensible, (Haydock) and the psalmist foretells that they will be put to shame. (St. Jerome) --- This manner of praying frequently occurs in the psalms, to signify the event, and the approbation of the just. (Worthington) --- Shew. The forth verse ought to begin here with d, as in Hebrew. (Haydock) --- Paths. The... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 24:1-6

1-6 We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think of ascending toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in that happy, holy place, where he makes his people holy and happy? We make nothing of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 24:1-6

The Coming of the King of Glory. The Messianic kingdom. A psalm of David, another hymn of the Messiah and His kingdom, to prepare the believers of the Old Testament for His coming and to inspire the believers of the New Testament with the proper regard for their King. v. 1. The earth is the Lord's, the entire visible creation belongs to Jehovah, as the product of His almighty power, and the fullness thereof, what fills up its contents, everything it contains, is in His power; the world... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 24:1-10

Psalms 24:0A Psalm of David1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof;The world, and they that dwell therein.2 For he hath founded it upon the seas,And established it upon the floods.3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?Or who shall stand in his holy place?4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart,Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,Nor sworn deceitfully.5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,And righteousness from the God of his... read more