Psalms 24:5
in Psalms 24He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
KJV
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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This verse in Psalms 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseNow, it was quite appropriate for him to associate mercy with blessing: even what are thought rewards are given to human beings only on account of divine lovingkindness. I mean, all the righteousness of human beings is not nearly sufficient for gifts bestowed by God …
This site's exposition
Who may ascend the hill of the LORD
on Psalms 24:3-6
Psalm 15:1 asks who may abide in God's tent; this psalm asks who may climb the hill. The answer is clean hands and a pure heart, with no idol lifted up and no oath sworn falsely. Blessing and vindication come to him as a gift.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
(2.) They shall be justified and sanctified. These are the spiritual blessings in heavenly things which they shall receive, even righteousness, the very thing they hunger and thirst after, Matt. v. 6 . Righteousness is blessedness, and it is from God only that we must expect it, for we have no righteousness of our own.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
on Psalms 24:3-6
Here we have the true Israel described. The men who shall stand as courtiers in the palace of the living God are not distinguished by race, but by character; they are not Jews only, nor Gentiles only, nor any one branch of mankind peculiarly, but a people purified and made meet to dwell in the holy hill of the Lord.
It must not be supposed that the persons who are thus described by their inward and outward holiness are saved by the merits of their works; but their works are the evidences by which they are known. The present verse shows that in the saints grace reigns and grace alone. Such men wear the holy livery of the Great King because he has of his own free love clothed them therewith. The true saint wears the wedding garment, but he owns that the Lord of the feast provided it for him, without money and without price.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
who has not taken My name in vain Who has not sworn with My name and My soul in vain. We find an expression of an oath used with the soul (נפש), as it is stated (in Amos:8): “The Lord God swore by Himself (בנפשו).”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יִשָּׂ֣א | yisa' | he will lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| בְ֭רָכָה | verakhah | blessing | H1293 → | 69 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה | utzedakah | and righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| מֵאֱלֹהֵ֥י | meelohei | from [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׁעֽוֹ׃ | yisho | salvation his | H3468 → | 36 times |
יִשָּׂ֣אhe will lift up
yisa'H5375 →656 times
בְ֭רָכָהblessing
verakhahH1293 →69 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הand righteousness
utzedakahH6666 →157 times
מֵאֱלֹהֵ֥יfrom [the] God of
meeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׁעֽוֹ׃salvation his
yishoH3468 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- Ephesians 2:6
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
- 1 Peter 1:3
Through
Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
it leads to
- Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Exodus 15:2
Through
1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
it leads to
- Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Romans 12:17
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 24:4.