Psalms 24:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? ”

Psalms 24:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? - Mount Zion; called the hill of the Lord, because it was the place designated for His worship, or the place of His abode. See the notes at Psalms 15:...
Psalms 24:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXIV. Psalms 24:1 f. Yahweh the Creator. Psalms 24:2 . For the water under the earth, cf. Exodus 20:4 . There was sea below the earth, another on a level with the earth, and a third ocea...
Psalms 24:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the hill . the mountain (of Zion, south of Moriah). Seven times so called: here, and Genesis 22:14 . Numbers 10:33 . Isaiah 2:3 ; Isaiah 30:29 ; Micah 4:2 . Zechariah 8:3 . See App-68. Or. The...
Psalms 24:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Who shall ascend unto. It being very well known that it was of pure grace that God erected his sanctuary, and chose for himself a dwelling-place among the Jews, David makes only a tacit r...
Psalms 24:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? Who shall ascend - Who is sufficiently holy to wait in his temple? Who is fit to minister in the holy place?
Psalms 24:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? Who shall ascend? - i:e., Who shall really and spiritually ascend in worship into His earthly house now, and...
Psalms 24:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. is generally, and very appropriately, connected with the occasion when David brought up the ark from the house of Obededom to the tent prepared for it on Mt. Zion. It declares the universal...
Psalms 24:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the elaboration of this answer, see Psalms 15 and Isaiah 33:15 ; Isaiah 33:18 . “The answer is remarkable, as expressing in language so clear that a child may understand it, the great doctrin...
Psalms 24:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 24:1-10 EWALD'S widely accepted view that this psalm is a composite of two fragments rests on a somewhat exaggerated estimate of the differences in tone and structure of the parts. These ar...
Psalms 24:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Entering Jehovah's Holy Place Psalms 24:1-10 Psalms 22:1-31 tells of the cross; Psalms 23:1-6 of the crook; Psalms 24:1-10 of the crown. This great choral hymn was evidently composed to c...
Psalms 24:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the final psalm of the three, and as in Psa 22:1-31 the words so far exceed the possibility of exhaustion by any circumstances originating them as to create an opinion unanimously in favor of...
Psalms 24:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet having thus established the lawful right of the Mediator, as Lord of all, by virtue both of creation and redemption, to universal dominion, he here looks above the earth to the heavens, a...
Psalms 24:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24 Proper Psalm for Ascension Day ( Evening ). Psalms 24-26 = Day 5 ( Morning ).
Psalms 24:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ?.... Though the Lord has a claim in general to the whole world, and all its fulness; yet there is a particular part of it, or spot in it, which is his spe...
Psalms 24:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? Ver. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ] Montem caelestem significat, saith Vatablus, he meaneth int...
Psalms 24:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who shall ascend , &c. Dr. Hammond infers from the composition of this Psalm, that it was intended to be sung by two companies or choirs, the one answering the other. To strengthen his conjectur...
Psalms 24:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Character of True Israelites. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the L ORD ? or who shall stand in his holy place?...
Psalms 24:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The hill of the Lord, to wit, Zion or Moriah, the place of God's sanctuary and special presence. This is here subjoined, either, 1. By way of opposition; though God is the God of the whole world,...
Psalms 24:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Who May Enter The Holy Place Of YHWH? ( Psalms 24:3-6 ) Psalms 24:3 ‘Who will ascend into the hill of YHWH? And who will stand in his holy place?' But now having considered the greatness of Y...
Psalms 24:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This grand choral hymn was in all probability composed and sung on the occasion of the removal of the ark from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David, on Mount Zion ( 2 Samuel 6 )...
Psalms 24:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Who shall The order is: (1) the declaration of title, "the earth is the Lord's" ( Psalms 24:1 ); ( Psalms 24:2 ). (2) Who shall rule the earth? ( Psalms 24:3-6 ). It is a question of wor...
Psalms 24:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:3 The reply which the Spirit makes to His own question shows clearly whom He had in His mind when He proposed it. He who would ascend indeed must be a man whose life has never had a spot...
Psalms 24:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 24:1 . The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof, And therefore it is also the believer's. The real fullness of the earth belongs to the Christian. «The meek shall inherit the ear...
Psalms 24:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:1 . The fulness thereof. Targum, all its creatures; all that the earth contains and supports. Psalms 24:4 . Not lifted up his soul to vanity; that is, to an idol. So the LXX, μαται...
Psalms 24:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Climbing the mountain We may fairly compare the life of a Christian to the ascent of a mountain. Propose the text as a serious question. I. Some w...
Psalms 24:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AT first sight this psalm seems to be composed of two quite separate fragments ( Psalms 24:1-19 and Psalms 24:7-19 ); whence Ewald has laid it down that, in their origin, the two...
Psalms 24:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Coming of the King of Glory. The Messianic kingdom. A psalm of David, another hymn of the Messiah and His kingdom, to prepare the believers of the Old Testament for His coming and to inspire...
Psalms 24:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 15:1 ; 1 Chronicles 15:25-28 ; 2 Samuel 6:12-17 ; Ephesians 4:8-10 ; Hebrews 12:22-24 ; Hebrews 12:28 ; John 13:36 ; John 20:17 ; Leviticus 10:3 ; Malachi 3:1 ; Psalms 15:1 ;...
Psalms 24:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hill — Zion or Moriah, the place of God's sanctuary and special presence. Having asserted God's dominion over all mankind, he now proposes an important question, by whom God will be served, and...

Psalms 24:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 24:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 24:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 24:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 24:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 24:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 24:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 24:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 24:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes