6 This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
Worthy.Bible » Commentaries » Matthew Henry Commentary » Commentary on Psalms 24
Commentary on Psalms 24 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 24
This psalm is concerning the kingdom of Jesus Christ,
It is supposed that the psalm was penned upon occasion of David's bringing up the ark to the place prepared for it, and that the intention of it was to lead the people above the pomp of external ceremonies to a holy life and faith in Christ, of whom the ark was a type.
A psalm of David.
Psa 24:1-2
Here is,
Psa 24:3-6
From this world, and the fulness thereof, the psalmist's meditations rise, of a sudden to the great things of another world, the foundation of which is not on the seas, nor on the floods. The things of this world God has given to the children of men and we are much indebted to his providence for them; but they will not make a portion for us. And therefore,
Psa 24:7-10
What is spoken once is spoken a second time in these verses; such repetitions are usual in songs, and have much beauty in them. Here is,
In singing this let our hearts cheerfully answer to this call, as it is in the first words of the next psalm, Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul.