Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Study Guide
Psalms 24
अवलोकन
A liturgical psalm attributed to David affirming the Lord's ownership of the earth and its peoples. Questions about who may ascend God's holy hill are answered with the same character requirements as Psalm 15. The psalm climaxes with a summons for the gates to open for the King of Glory.
Key Verses
Psalms 24:3
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 24:5
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms 24:7
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Full Text
1 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 salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.