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Psalm 24
Psalm 24
1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
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Verse 1
<html><b>The land…are the Lord’s</b> The land of Israel. <b>the world</b> The other lands.</html>
Verse 2
<html><b>founded it upon seas</b> Seven seas surrounded Eretz Yisroel and four rivers: the Jordan, Yarmuk, Karmion, and Pigah.</html>
Verse 3
<html><b>Who will ascend upon the Lord’s mount</b> Although all the inhabitants of the world are His, not everyone deserves to come near to Him, except these: he who has clean hands, etc.</html>
Verse 4
<html><b>who has not taken My name in vain</b> Who has not sworn with My name and My soul in vain. We find an expression of an oath used with the soul (נפש), as it is stated (in Amos 6:8): “The Lord God swore by Himself (בנפשו).”</html>
Verse 6
<html><b>This</b> [generation,] whose deeds are such - this is the generation of those who seek him.</html>
Verse 7
<html><b>[You] gates, lift your heads</b> In the days of Solomon his son, when he comes to bring the Ark into the Holy of Holies and the gates cling to each other, he [Solomon] recited twenty-four praises, but he was not answered until he said (II Chron. 6:42): “Do not turn back the face of Your anointed; remember the kind deeds of David, Your servant.”</html>
Verse 9
<html><b>everlasting portals</b> Portals whose sanctity is everlasting.</html>