Psalm 24 The earth is the LORD's

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The earth is the LORD’s

And everything that’s in it;

And all of those, who live in it.

For God founded the earth

By rolling back the waters;

By rolling back the sea.
By rolling back the sea.

Lift your heads and fling wide the gates,

And swing open you ancient doors for him.

For the King of Glory comes,
Our King so strong and mighty,
Who goes to war for us.

Who may climb the hill,
The mountain of the LORD God?

And who may stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands;
Who does not trust in idols
Or lifts his heart to false gods.
Or lifts his heart to false gods.

Then he’ll be much blessed,
By our LORD and Saviour
Blessed by righteousness from God. For such is his grace
To all that generation -
Of those who will seek his face.
Of those who will seek his face.

Lift your heads and fling wide the gates,

And swing open you ancient doors for him.

For the King of Glory comes,
Our King so strong and mighty,
Who goes to war for us.

Who is this King,
Who comes? – the King of glory!

He’s the LORD and he’s our God.

Who is this King
This King so strong and mighty,

Who goes into battle for us?

He’s the LORD, the Almighty God
He’s our King and he goes to war for us. I

t’s the King of glory comes,
Our King so strong and mighty,
Who goes to war for us.

Comment

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, theworld and all who live in it, for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.” Many modern people don’t believe that. By casting out the concept of a creator God and intelligent design, they have embraced a belief that all life has morphed from a primordial soup by an undetected, unguided process acting on random mutations and variations. David knew better; not only did he believe in the creator God, he also believed that

it was possible to communicate with him. But the psalm prescribes some conditions: to approach God, people must have clean hands and a pure heart.

This is only possible if God himself does the cleansing and this comes about through the work that Jesus undertook on the cross. By some means that only God knows, this cleansing process was available retrospectively to the David of history, just as it is today to modern believers.

Jeff Lowe: vocals, guitar, piano, keys, bass, drums
A small choir, Cath Binns McGregor, Nigel & Julie Cameron,