Text -- Psalms 24:6-10 (NET)

24:6 Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him. (Selah) 24:7 Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter! 24:8 Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle! 24:9 Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter! 24:10 Who is this majestic king? The Lord who commands armies! He is the majestic king! (Selah)

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 24:6

¹ tn Heb “this [is the] generation of the ones seeking him, the ones seeking your face, Jacob.” To “seek the Lord’s face” means to seek his favor through prayer (see 2 Sam 21:1; Pss 27:8; 105:4).

sn This verse presents a somewhat idealized view of Jacob’s descendants as devoted worshipers of the Lord.

NET Notes: Psa 24:7

¹ tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

² tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

³ tn Or “king of glory.”

⁴ tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

NET Notes: Psa 24:8

¹ sn Who is this majestic king? Perhaps the personified gates/doors ask this question, in response to the command given in v. 7.

NET Notes: Psa 24:10

¹ tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts,” a title which here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle.