Psalms 24:3
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord? and who shall be able to stand in his holy place?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
In Context
2For upon seas hath he founded it, and upon rivers hath he established it.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then said Moses unto Aaron, This is what the Lord hath spoken, saying, On those who are near unto me will I be sanctified, and before all the people will I be glorified: and Aaron held his peace.
1 Chronicles 15:1And [David] made himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
Psalms 2:6[Saying,] Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.
Psalms 65:4(65:5) Happy is he whom thou choosest, and causest to approach, that he may dwell in thy courts: let us be satisfied with the happiness of thy house, the holiness of thy temple.
Psalms 68:18(68:19) Thou didst ascend on high, lead away captives, receive gifts among men, yea, even the rebellious, to dwell among them. O Lord God.
Psalms 132:13For the Lord hath made choice of Zion: he hath desired it as a habitation for himself.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:2-3
God's Absolute Propriety. 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. Here is, I. God's absolute propriety in this part of the creation where our lot is cast, v. 1 . We are not to think that the heavens, even the heavens only, are the Lord's, and the numerous and bright inhabitants of the upper world, and that this earth, being so small and inconsiderable a part of the creation, and at such… Read the whole commentary →