This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Ver. 20. This gate of the Lord] Some make the former verse the request of the people, and this to be God's answer thereunto. Others make that to be David's speech to the Levites, and this their answer: q.d. This beautiful gate is fit to be opened to the Lord alone; if others enter, they must be righteous ones only, and that to praise him.
Into which the righteous shall enter] sc. With God's good leave and liking. Others may haply thrust into the Church, but then God will say, Friend, how camest thou in hither? who required these things at your hands? who sent for you? O generation of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come? "The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?" Proverbs 21:27 .