the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 24:8
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Who is the King of glory? The Lord , strong and mighty; the Lord , invincible in battle.
Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
Who is this glorious King? The Lord , strong and mighty. The Lord , the powerful warrior.
Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle!
Who [is] this King of glory? the LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle.
Who is the 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!
Who is this kyng of glorie? the Lord strong and myyti, the Lord myyti in batel.
Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Who is this glorious king? He is our Lord , a strong and mighty warrior.
Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war.
Who is he, this glorious king? Adonai , strong and mighty, Adonai , mighty in battle.
Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
Who is the glorious King? He is the Lord , the powerful soldier. He is the Lord , the war hero.
'Who is the King of glory?'
Who is this king of glory? the Lord strong & mightie, the Lord mighty in battell.
Who is the King of shining-greatness? The Lord strong and powerful. The Lord powerful in war.
Who is the King of glory? The Lord , strong and mighty, the Lord , mighty in battle.
Who is this King of glorie? the Lord, strong and mightie, euen the Lord mightie in battell.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Who is this great king? He is the Lord , strong and mighty, the Lord , victorious in battle.
Who is the king of glory? Yahweh, strong and mighty, Yahweh, mighty in war.
(23-8) Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
Who is this kyng of glorie? it is God both strong & mightie, it is God mightie in battayle.
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.
Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle.
Who is the king of glory? Yahweh, strong and mighty; Yahweh, mighty in war!
Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah strong and mighty! Jehovah mighty in battle!
Who [is] this -- `the king of glory?' Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.
Who is this kynge of glory? It is the LORDE stroge and mightie, euen the LORDE mightie in batell.
Who is this King-Glory? God , armed and battle-ready.
Who is the 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.
Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
Who is this King of glory?Yahweh strong and mighty,Yahweh mighty in battle.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The Lord strong: Psalms 45:3-6, Psalms 50:1, Psalms 93:1, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 19:24-25, Isaiah 63:1-6, Colossians 2:15, Revelation 6:2, Revelation 19:11-21
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:3 - a man 1 Samuel 18:7 - answered 1 Kings 18:15 - of hosts liveth 1 Chronicles 5:22 - the war was of God Psalms 5:2 - my King Psalms 89:8 - a strong Jeremiah 48:15 - saith Zephaniah 3:17 - is mighty Luke 1:49 - he 1 Peter 2:3 - General
Cross-References
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who [is] this King of glory?.... Which question is put by the church, or particular believers; not through ignorance, as the daughters of Jerusalem, Song of Solomon 5:9; or the Pharisees, when Christ made his public entrance into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:10; much less in pride and haughtiness, in scorn and derision, as Pharaoh, Exodus 5:1; and the Capernaites, John 6:42; but as wondering at the glories and excellencies of his person, and as desirous of knowing more of him. The answer to the question is,
the Lord strong and mighty: he whose name alone is Jehovah; the most high in all the earth; the everlasting I AM; Jehovah our righteousness; the mighty God, even the Almighty; the Son of Man, whom God has made strong for himself: his strength and might have been seen in the creation of all things out of nothing, in upholding all things by his power, in the redemption of his people, in the resurrection of himself, in dispossessing the strong man armed out of the hearts of his chosen ones, in the government of his church, and the care of all his saints, and in keeping them from a final and total falling away. From the first of these words, which is only here used, Mars, because of his strength, has the name of Azizus; which name of his Julian o makes mention of; and very probably Hesus, also a deity of the ancient Gauls, spoken of by the poet p, and by Lactantius q; but to none does it belong as to our Jehovah;
the Lord mighty in battle; as he was when he was up on the cross; when he made an end of sin, spoiled principalities and powers; abolished death, and destroyed him that had the power of it; and as he will be at the last day, when the kings of the earth shall make war with him, and he shall overcome them; when the beast and false prophet shall be taken, and cast alive into the lake of fire; and the remnant shall be slain with the sword of his mouth; see Revelation 17:14; and who is now the Captain of salvation to his people, their Leader and Commander; who furnishes them with weapons of warfare, which are mighty through God; who teaches their hands to war, and their fingers to fight the good fight of faith; and makes them more than conquerors, through himself, that has loved them.
o Orat. 4. in solem, p. 281. p "Teutates horrensque feris altaribus Hesus". Lucan. q De Fals. Relig. l. 1. c. 31.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who is this King of glory? - This is probably the response of a portion of the choir of singers. The answer is found in the other part of the verse.
The Lord strong and mighty - Yahweh, strong and mighty - describing Him by His most exalted attributes as a God of power. This is in accordance with the idea in Psalms 24:1-2, where He is represented as the Creator and the Proprietor of all the earth. Perhaps, also, there is an allusion to the fact that He is mighty, as distinguished from idols which have no power.
The Lord mighty in battle - Who displays His power eminently in overthrowing hostile armies; perhaps in allusion to the victories which had been won when His people were animated in war by the presence of the ark in the midst of their armies, and when the victory could be properly traced to the fact that the ark, the symbol of the divine presence, was with them, and when, therefore, the victory would be properly ascribed to Yahweh himself.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 24:8. Who is this King of glory? — This is the answer of those who are within. Who is this glorious King, for whom ye demand entrance? To which they reply: -
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. — It is Jehovah, who is come to set up his abode in his imperial city: He who has conquered his enemies, and brought salvation to Israel. To make the matter still more solemn, and give those without an opportunity of describing more particularly this glorious Personage, those within hesitate to obey the first summons: and then it is repeated, Psalms 24:9.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.] To which a more particular question is proposed: - Who is HE, THIS King of glory? To which an answer is given that admitted of no reply. The Lord of hosts - he who is coming with innumerable armies, He is this King of glory. On which, we may suppose, the portcullis was lifted up, the gates thrown open, and the whole cavalcade admitted. This verse seems to have been spoken before the ark appeared: Who is this (זה zeh) King of glory? when its coming was merely announced. In the tenth verse the form is a little altered, because the ark, the symbol of the Divine Presence, had then arrived. Who is He, (מי הוא mi hu,) this King of glory? Here He is, to answer for himself. "The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."
Though this Psalm has all the appearance of being an unfinished piece, yet there is a vast deal of dignity and majesty in it; and the demands from without, the questions from those within, and the answers to those questions, partake of the true sublime; where nature, dignity, and simplicity, are very judiciously mingled together. The whole procedure is natural, the language dignified, and the questions and answers full of simplicity and elevated sentiments.
Several, both among ancients and moderns, have thought this Psalm speaks of the resurrection of our Lord, and is thus to be understood. It is easy to apply it in this way: Jesus has conquered sin, Satan, and death, by dying. He now rises from the dead; and, as a mighty Conqueror, claims an entrance into the realms of glory, the kingdom which he has purchased by his blood; there to appear ever in the presence of God for us, to which he purposes to raise finally the innumerable hosts of his followers; for in reference to these, He is the Lord of hosts; and, in reference to his victory, He is the Lord mighty in battle.
ANALYSIS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH PSALM
The subject of this Psalm is Christ, called the King of glory, Psalms 24:7, and it has two parts: -
I. The first concerns Christ's lordship, which is, in general, over the whole world, Psalms 24:1-2; but in particular, over the Church, Psalms 24:3-7.
II. An exhortation to all men to receive Christ for their King.
I. The first part of this Psalm shows that God is King of all the world; but in this kingdom he has two kinds of subjects -
1. Either all men in general: "For the earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is; the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein." And for this he gives a reason, from the creation of it. He ought to have the dominion of it, and all in it: "For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods."
2. But all are not his subjects in the same way. There are a people whom he has called to be his subjects in another manner. There is a mountain which he hath sanctified and chosen above all other hills to make the seat of his kingdom, viz., the Church; and over them that live in it he is in a more peculiar manner said to be Lord, than of the whole earth; and these are more properly called his servants and subjects. And yet among these there is a difference too, for some only profess to be his servants, and call him Lord, as hypocrites; there are some others that are his servants really and truly. And that this difference may be taken notice of, the prophet asks, Quis? "WHO shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?" And "WHO shall stand in his holy place?" As if he should say, Not quisquis; it is not every one; for infidels are not so much as in the Church. Hypocrites, howsoever in the Church, are not true members of the mystical Church; and some who come to the hill of the Lord, yet stand not in his holy place; for many believe only for a season, and few continue faithful unto death.
3. That it may then be truly known who they are over whom he is truly Rex gloriae, "the King of glory," the prophet gives us their character, and sets down three distinctive notes by which they may be known: -
1. Cleanness of hands: "He that hath clenn hands;" a caede furto, c. is free from all external wicked actions. For the hand is οργανον οργανων, the organ of the organs.
2. Purity of heart. For external purity is not enough, except the heart, the fountain of our actions, be clean.
3. Truth of the tongue. Is not guilty of lies and perjuries. "He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully." After the prophet has given the character by which you may know the man, he assigns his reward, and ends with an acclamation. 1. This is he that "shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness (i.e., justification) from the God of his salvation." 2. "This is the generation of them that seek thee;" that is, these are the people of God: let others boast themselves, and please themselves as they list, yet these are the godly party; these are they "that seek thy face, O God of Jacob."
II. The second part is considered by some as an exhortation to all men, especially princes, nobles, and magistrates, that they receive, acknowledge, and worship Christ, as King.
1. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; that is, as some understand it - O ye princes that sit in the gates, lift up your heads and hearts to him, that the King of glory may come in.
2. To which good counsel the prophet brings in the princes asking this question: "Who is this King of glory!" to which he answers, "The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle." One who is able to bruise you to atoms with his iron rod, and will do so if you reject him. And that the exhortation may pierce the deeper, he doubles both it and the answer.
After all, the most natural meaning is that which is given in the notes: from which we may infer: -
1. That the regal city is in no state of safety, if it have not the ark of the Lord.
2. That the ark - even the purest form of sound words in devotion, is nothing, unless they who minister and worship have clean hands and pure hearts, endeavouring to worship God in spirit and in truth.
3. That where the right faith is professed, and the worshippers act according to its dictates, there is the presence and the continual indwelling of God: "Lift up your heads, O ye gates - and the King of glory shall come in."
