Psalms 24:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. ”

Psalms 24:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who is this King of glory? - This is probably the response of a portion of the choir of singers. The answer is found in the other part of the verse. The Lord strong and mighty - Yahweh, stron...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Who is this King of glory? etc The praises by which the power of God is here magnified are intended to tell the Jews that he did not sit idle in his temple, but took up his abode in it, i...
Psalms 24:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 529 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST TYPIFIED Psalms 24:7-10 . Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of...
Psalms 24:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Who is this King of glory? - This is the answer of those who are within. Who is this glorious King, for whom ye dem...
Psalms 24:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Who is this King of glory? The question is put in order to lend the people seriously to ask it, and so to pon...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who... — But the claim is not unchallenged. The old heathen gates will not at once recognise the new-comer’s right of admission. The Lord strong and mighty. — But it is the right of conquest —...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - 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 24:8 - 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 24:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a sublimity there is in these blessed words; and what a rich treasure they contain, in reference to the person and glory of our almighty Mediator! So important a doctrine was the triumph of Jesu...
Psalms 24:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24 Proper Psalm for Ascension Day ( Evening ). Psalms 24-26 = Day 5 ( Morning ).
Psalms 24:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who [is] this King of glory ?.... Which question is put by the church, or particular believers; not through ignorance, as the daughters of Jerusalem, Song of Solomon 5:9 ; or the Pharisees, when Ch...
Psalms 24:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Ver. 8. Who is this King of glory? ] The gates are brought in as asking this question, saith R. David. This is t...
Psalms 24:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who is the King of glory? What is the cause of this imperious call? And why? Or, for whom must those gates be opened in so solemn and extraordinary a manner? The answer is, The Lord strong and mig...
Psalms 24:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The King of Glory. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory sha...
Psalms 24:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This seems to be a prolepsis, or removal of an objection. You will say, What is the cause of this imperious call? and why or for whom must those gates be opened in so solemn and extraordinary a manne...
Psalms 24:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Call To Let YHWH Enter His Holy City, Bringing About A Revelation Of Who He Is ( Psalms 24:7-10 ). Psalms 24:7 ‘Lift up your heads, O you gates, And be you lifted up, you ancient (everlast...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:7-8 I. The primary reference of the words of the text is to the bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom into the tent prepared for its reception within the precincts of the ci...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - 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 24:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lift up your heads, O ye gates. The ascension of Christ It is generally admitted by expositors that these words have a secondary, if not a primary, reference to the return of the Mediator to he...
Psalms 24:8 - 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 24:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Welcome of the King
Psalms 24:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 2:15 ; Isaiah 19:24-25 ; Isaiah 63:1-6 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Psalms 45:3-6 ; Psalms 50:1 ; Psalms 93:1 ; Revelation 19:11-21 ; Revelation 6:2
Psalms 24:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord — He is no ordinary person, no other than Jehovah, who hath given so many proofs of his almightiness, who hath subdued all his enemies, and is now returned in triumph.

Psalms 24:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 24:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 24:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 24:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 24:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 24:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 24:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 24:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 24:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 24:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes