# Psalm 24 📖: The King of Glory [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 23]] | [[Psalm 25]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## A psalm of David. [[#Verse 01.]] The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it. [[#Verse 02.]] For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents. [[#Verse 03.]] Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? [[#Verse 04.]] The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them. [[#Verse 05.]] Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them. [[#Verse 06.]] Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. (Selah) [[#Verse 07.]] Look up, you gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter. [[#Verse 08.]] Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty. The Lord who is mighty in battle. [[#Verse 09.]] Look up, you gates. Rise up, you eternal doors. Then the majestic king will enter. [[#Verse 10.]] Who is this majestic king? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He is the majestic king. (Selah) ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Paul quotes 24:1 in 1 Corinthians 10:26 when discussing food and Christian freedom. 2. Many link Psalm 24 to David bringing the ark into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6). 3. The phrase "King of glory" appears five times in 24:7-10. 4. The question-and-answer format (24:3-6, 8, 10) suggests it was sung responsively. 5. The Mishnah records that the Levites sang Psalm 24 in the temple on the first day of the week. 6. Psalm 15 and Psalm 24 both ask who may approach God. 7. Ancient city gates were massive, and calling them to "lift up their heads" pictures them rising to welcome a great King. 8. "Lord of armies" (24:10) translates the title often rendered "Lord of hosts" (*Yahweh Sabaoth*). 9. The church has long read Psalm 24 on Ascension Day and Palm Sunday. 10. 24:2 describes God founding the earth on the seas, a picture of His control over chaos. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the King of glory who ascended in victory (24:7-10) and the only One with truly clean hands and a pure heart (24:4). Through Him we can stand in God's holy place (Hebrews 9:24). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord (24:1). How should that truth shape the way you handle your possessions? 2. Only those with clean hands and a pure heart can stand in God's holy place (24:3-4). How does the gospel answer this requirement? 3. The gates are told to lift up their heads so the King of glory may come in (24:7). Where do you need to open your life more fully to the King? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: The earth and all it contains belong to the Lord. - 📖 verses 3-4: Those with clean hands and a pure heart may ascend the Lord's hill. - 📖 verse 10: The Lord of armies is the King of glory. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 10#Verse 26.|1 Corinthians 10:26]] - The earth is the Lord's. - 🔗 [[Psalm 15|Psalm 15]] - Who may dwell on God's holy hill? - 🔗 [[Matthew 05#Verse 08.|Matthew 5:8]] - Blessed are the pure in heart. - 🔗 [[2 Samuel 06#Verse 12.|2 Samuel 6:12-15]] - David brings the ark to Jerusalem. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 09#Verse 24.|Hebrews 9:24]] - Christ entered heaven itself for us. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 24- SOAP|Closeness With God Costs You Something]] ## 📂 Internal Notes