Psalms 24:7-10

7 Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty— he is the King of glory.

Psalms 24:7-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 24

\\<>\\. This psalm is thought by some of the Jewish writers {d} to have been wrote when the ark was brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, and put into the place prepared for it by him, 2Sa 6:17; to which reference is supposed to be had in Ps 24:7-10; or after that David had built an altar in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and had knowledge of the hill Moriah, as the place where the sanctuary was to be built; called the hill of the Lord, and his holy place, Ps 24:3; however, it was certainly written by David, under the inspiration of the spirit of God; and is a prophecy of Christ, and of the Gospel church, and describes the members of it. {d} Aben Ezra & Kimchi.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Psalms 118:19,20; Isaiah 26:2; Isaiah 60:11,18; Isaiah 62:10
  • 2. Psalms 44:4; Psalms 74:12
  • 3. Psalms 97:6; Psalms 29:3; Acts 7:2; 1 Corinthians 2:8
  • 4. Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5
  • 5. S 1 Chronicles 29:11; Psalms 89:13; Jeremiah 50:34; Ephesians 6:10
  • 6. Exodus 15:3,6; Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalms 76:3-6
  • 7. S 1 Samuel 1:11
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