Psalm 24

vs 1

Yep. Forgive me for not finding such statements a breath of fresh air or a new revelation. This sort of thing gets done to death, in my opinion. Which is sort of funny, since it's not hammed up much in the psalms themselves, in my opinion.

vs 2

It's nice to have an explanitory cause too. Why does it all belong to God? He made it. We hear all this so often, but really it's quite a revolutionary thought for ancient times. One nation's god able to create the whole world? Come now, silly thoughts.

vs 3

No-one, of course. That's the point. God is in one sense unapproachable. And yet people have been up his holy hill, and have stood before him. A relational paradox.

vs 4

Okay, so apparently people can come up to the mountain of the Lord. But you can see that they must be holy. Pure and separated from the things of the world.

vs 5

Those who are pure will receive blessing and vindication. And those who are prepared to climb a big damn mountain.

vs 6

I suppose David is of the opinion that his generation were actually pretty on the level in wanting to reach God. And you know what? Considering before and after, he might even be right. That must be a nice thing for him to look back on.

vs 7

This is assuming that the king of glory actually wants into the city. If he does, then that is rather cool, and no doubt you want the gates open.

vs 8

The mighty Lord, triumphant in battle, would have been a pretty comforting picture for the people of Israel during David's time. We're just not so embattaled.

vs 9

Wow, repetition! I've never seen it so obvious in a psalm before. It's almost a chorus.

vs 10

And the same again! That's actually quite fascinating. Nice little psalm.