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Psalms 24

Psalms 24 — Jamieson–Fausset–Brown

24:1

1. fulness--everything. world--the habitable globe, with they that dwell--forming a parallel expression to the first clause.

24:2

2. Poetically represents the facts of Ge 1:9.

24:3–4

3-4. The form of a question gives vivacity. Hands, tongue, and heart are organs of action, speech, and feeling, which compose character. hill of the Lord--(compare Psa 2:6, c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.

24:5

5. righteousness--the rewards which God bestows on His people, or the grace to secure those rewards as well as the result.

24:6

6. Jacob--By "Jacob," we may understand God's people (compare Is 43:22; 44:2, c.), corresponding to "the generation," as if he had said, "those who seek Thy face are Thy chosen people."

24:7–10

7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.