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Psalms 24:8

24:7 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 glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

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

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

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

24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

What does Psalms 24:8 mean?

Psalms 24:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מֶלֶךְ (melek), כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh). It connects to 20 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Who
is
this
Kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
glory?כָּבוֹדkâbôwd/kaw-bode'/H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
The
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
strongעִזּוּזʻizzûwz/iz-zooz'/H5808forcible; collectively and concretely, an army
and
mighty,גִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/H1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
in
battle.מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh/mil-khaw-maw'/H4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

Commentary on Psalms 24:8

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 24:8
It does not appear upon what occasion this psalm was penned nor whether upon any particular occasion. Some say David penned it when Saul persecuted him; others, when Absalom rebelled against him. But they are mere conjectures, which have not certainty enough to warrant us to expound the psalm by them. The apostle, in quoting part of this psalm ( Rom. iii. 10 , &c.) to prove that Jews and Gentiles are all under sin ( ver. 9 ) and that all the world is guilty before God ( ver. 19 ), leads us to understand it, in general, as a description of the depravity of human nature, the sinfulness of the sin we are conceived and born in, and the deplorable corruption of a great part of mankind, even of the world that lies in wickedness, 1 John v. 19 . But as in those psalms which are designed to discover our remedy in Christ there is commonly an allusion to David himself, yea, and some passages that are to be understood primarily of him (as in psalm ii. , xvi, , xxii. , and others), so in this psalm, which is designed to discover our wound by sin, there is an allusion to David's enemies and persecutors, and other oppressors of good men at that time, to whom some passages have an immediate reference. In all the psalms from the 3rd to this (except the 8th) David had been complaining of those that hated and persecuted him, insulted him and abused him; now here he traces all those bitter streams to the fountain, the general corruption of nature, and sees that not his enemies only, but all the children of men, were thus corrupted. Here is, I. A charge exhibited against a wicked world, ver. 1 . II. The proof of the charge, ver. 2, 3 . III. A serious expostulation with sinners, especially with persecutors, upon it, ver. 4-6 . IV. A believing prayer for the salvation of Israel and a joyful expectation of it, ver. 7 . Human Depravity. 1

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 6:12

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Genesis 11:5

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

2 Chronicles 30:19

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Psalms 33:13

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

Psalms 33:14

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 9:4

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Isaiah 8:19

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Lamentations 3:50Daniel 12:10Matthew 13:15Romans 3:11Hebrews 11:6

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 24:8.

Genesis 14:2

That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Genesis 14:8

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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What does Psalms 24:8 say?

Psalms 24:8 (King James Version) reads: "Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle."

Is Psalms 24:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 24:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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