Psalms 24:6
This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
In Context
5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.
Cross References
Psalms 22:30All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
Psalms 73:15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
Isaiah 53:10And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.
Romans 4:16Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:4-7
The Character of True Israelites. 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. From this world, and the fulness thereof, the psalmist's meditations rise, of a sudden to the great… Read the whole commentary →