Old Testament

Psalms 24

Creator, Holy Hill, and Glorious King

3 passages

Overview

Psalm 24 moves from a declaration of God's sovereign ownership of all creation — grounded in His act of making it — through a portrait of the clean hands and pure heart required to ascend His holy mountain, to a dramatic antiphonal proclamation at the gates welcoming the LORD of hosts as King of glory, which Catholic tradition reads as a prophetic image of Christ's Ascension into the heavenly sanctuary.

Passages

1–2The Earth Belongs to Yahweh the Creator 3–6Clean Hands, Pure Heart: The Moral Ascent to God 7–10The Triumphal Entry of the King of Glory

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Psalms 24

¹A Psalm by David. The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

²For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

³Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

⁴He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

⁵He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah.

⁷Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

⁸Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.

¹⁰Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah.

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