Day Four: Your Favorite Psalm

Truth be told, Psalm 23 is probably my "favorite" psalm.  It is the one I can recite to myself silently when I am in the chair at the dentist.  Yes, that is what I do to calm myself.  It is a comfort to me.  But it is a predictable favorite, one that is probably the favorite of many -- and probably the only psalm that many people are familiar with.

So, for this blog, I have chosen to take note of another one of my favorites.  The one right after the twenty-third:  Psalm 24.  And I have copied it in the King James Version, the version I memorized from in my younger days when memorizing was easier.  There is such a beauty about psalms in the language of the 1600s.

1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Verse one establishes God's ownership of the earth, all of it, the world, and all its inhabitants.  Who owns me?  God.  Who owns you?  God.

Verse two tells why He has ownership.  He is the Creator.

Verses three through six calls me to obedience, humility, purity.  With these characteristics I may be  forever with Him, blessed by Him.

When I read verses seven and eight, I picture myself in a medieval-type castle.  The trumpet sounds.  Everyone is at attention, awaiting the grand entrance of the ruler.  The drawbridge is lowered, the gates lifted, the doors opened wide.  And I see the king enter -- the Lord of hosts, the King of glory.  I love that those verses are repeated.  Just the poetry, I guess.  In my head, I see this like it's like a movie.  Just think what it will be like in reality!