Thy Strong Word — Psalm 24. Keep praying saints: The Lord of Glory, mighty in battle.

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Rev. Dr. Jon Furgeson, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in St. Louis, MO joins Rev. Brady Finnern to study and pray Psalm 24.

Seek the Lord. He is strong and mighty, the Lord of Glory, everything is His, and He is righteous. David expresses his trust that he was indeed unworthy to be in God’s presence. Our confidence is not in our clean hands, but in the LORD who makes us clean by His blood. Many questions in this world do not have an answer we can speak with confidence. However, in Christ, we confidently say that He is our King of Glory, the LORD of hosts, “Jesus is my confidence.” “Jesus lives! And now is death But the gate of life immortal; This shall calm my trembling breath; When I pass it gloomy portal. Faith shall cry, as fails each sense. Jesus is my confidence. (#490, Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won, LSB).

Thy Strong Word reveals the light of our salvation in Christ through study of God’s Word, breaking our darkness with His redeeming light. Each weekday, two pastors fix our eyes on Jesus by considering Holy Scripture, verse by verse, in order to be strengthened in the Word and be equipped to faithfully serve in our daily vocations.

Thy Strong Word is hosted by Rev. Brady Finnern, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN, and graciously underwritten by the Lutheran Heritage Foundation.

Psalm 24

The King of Glory

A Psalm of David.

24 The earth is the Lord‘s and the fullness thereof,[a]
the world and those who dwell therein,
2 for he has founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[b] Selah

7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory! Selah

Footnotes

Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it

Psalm 24:6 Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text who seek your face, Jacob

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