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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Psalms Chapter 24 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Psalms Chapter 24 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Poetically represents the facts of
Ge 1:9.
Psalms Chapter 24 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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
Ps 2:6,
&c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.
Psalms Chapter 24 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. lifted up his soul--is to set the affections
(Ps 25:1)
on an object; here,
vanity--or, any false thing, of which swearing falsely, or to falsehood, is a specification.
Psalms Chapter 24 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. righteousness--the rewards which God bestows on His people, or the grace to secure those rewards as well as the result.
Psalms Chapter 24 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. Jacob--By "Jacob," we may understand God's people (compare
Isa 43:22; 44:2,
&c.), corresponding to "the generation," as if he had said, "those who seek Thy face are Thy chosen people."
Psalms Chapter 24 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Psalms Chapter 24 10 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
10. Lord of hosts--or fully, Lord God of hosts
(Ho 12:5; Am 4:13),
describes God by a title indicative of supremacy over all creatures, and especially the heavenly armies
(Jos 5:14; 1Ki 22:19).
Whether, as some think, the actual enlargement of the ancient gates of Jerusalem be the basis of the figure, the effect of the whole is to impress us with a conception of the matchless majesty of God.
Ps 24:1-10.
God's supreme sovereignty requires a befitting holiness of life and heart in His worshippers; a sentiment sublimely illustrated by describing His entrance into the sanctuary, by the symbol of His worship--the ark, as requiring the most profound homage to the glory of His Majesty.
1. fulness--everything.
world--the habitable globe, with
they that dwell--forming a parallel expression to the first clause.