Psalms 24 · Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
PSALM 24 Psa 24:1-10 . God's supreme sovereignty requires a befitting holiness of life and heart in His worshippers; a sentiment sublimely illustrated by describing His entrance into the sanctuary, by the symbol of His worship--the ark, as requiring the most profound homage to the glory of His Majesty. 1. fulness-- everything. world-- the habitable globe, with they that dwell-- forming a parallel expression to the first clause.
2. Poetically represents the facts of Ge 1:9 .
3-4. The form of a question gives vivacity. Hands, tongue, and heart are organs of action, speech, and feeling, which compose character. hill of the Lord-- (compare Psa 2:6 , &c.). His Church--the true or invisible, as typified by the earthly sanctuary.
5. righteousness-- the rewards which God bestows on His people, or the grace to secure those rewards as well as the result.
6. Jacob-- By "Jacob," we may understand God's people (compare Is 43:22 ; 44:2 , &c.), corresponding to "the generation," as if he had said, "those who seek Thy face are Thy chosen people."
7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.