Psalms 24:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.a Selah. ”

Psalms 24:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the generation of them that seek him - This describes the race of those who seek Him; or, this is their character. The word “generation” here is used evidently in the sense of “race, peop...
Psalms 24:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

This [is] the (b) generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (b) Though circumcision separates the carnal seed of Jacob, from the Gentiles, yet he who seeks God, is the tr...
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

This . Such: i.e. not. "new cart" ( 2 Samuel 6:3 ), but the Kohathites. See Numbers 7:9 ; Numbers 4:2 ; Numbers 4:15 . Deuteronomy 10:8 ; Deuteronomy 31:9 , &c; and compare 2 Samuel 6:13 ;...
Psalms 24:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. This is the generation. I have just now observed, that by the demonstrative pronoun this, the Psalmist erases from the catalogue of the servants of God all counterfeit Israelites, who,...
Psalms 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. This is the generation - This is the description of people who are such as God can approve of, and delight in. Tha...
Psalms 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. The generation of them that seek - i:e., that seek to be among the true sons of Jacob, a seeker after God, an...
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

O Jacob. — The address to Jacob is certainly wrong, and therefore many critics, following the LXX. and Syriac, rightly insert, as in our margin, the words “O God of.”
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader, do remark, in confirmation of what went before, that here is now a change of persons. The two preceding verses treated of one person, and one only. Here we have a plurality of persons, even a...
Psalms 24:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24 Proper Psalm for Ascension Day ( Evening ). Psalms 24-26 = Day 5 ( Morning ).
Psalms 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This [is] the generation of them that seek him ,.... The persons above described are such, who in every age are the generation of the children of God, and are accounted by him for a generation; they...
Psalms 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Ver. 6. This is the generation of them that seek him ] These are the true seekers, far different from those that...
Psalms 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is the generation of them that seek him The true progeny, which God regards, that make it their care and study to know him, and his mind and will, and to please and serve him. Whereby he refle...
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The generation; the true progeny which God regards; whereby he reflects upon them, who boasted and trusted to their carnal generation or descent from Jacob. That seek him, to wit, God, mentioned...
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:3-6 I. The men who approach a holy God must be holy. Reason and common-sense proclaim, "Like draws to like." The loftiest form of worship is always imitation. "Be ye therefore followers...
Psalms 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - 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 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:9 ; Isaiah 53:10 ; John 1:47 ; Psalms 105:4 ; Psalms 22:30 ; Psalms 27:8 ; Psalms 73:15 ; Romans 4:16
Psalms 24:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The generation — The true progeny which God regards. Face — His grace and favour, which is often called God's face.

Psalms 24:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 24:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 24:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 24:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 24:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes