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To provide some framework for our psalm today, I want to do two things. I want to

talk about the structure of the text itself, but then I want to talk about the background,

the context in which this particular psalm was written. We don't have knowledge of the background

for every single one of the psalms that we find throughout the Psalter, but this one we do. We know the purpose for every single one of the Psalms that we find throughout the Salter.

But this one we do.

We know the purpose for which it was written.

We know the context in which it was written.

We know the emotions of the author and what he felt and what he experienced immediately

prior to this Psalm being written and pinned by his hand under the inspiration of the Spirit.

And so by knowing the background of the context, I believe that it heightens the experience of the

Psalm and heightens and strengthens our understanding of what's being conveyed.

But before we get into the background or the context for the writing of the Psalm, let's briefly

look at the structure, the textual structure of the Psalm itself.

In your notes, I've written this, Psalm 24 can be broken into three primary parts.

Number one would be verses 1 and 2, which speak of God's sovereignty.

Number 2, the second part, if you will, would be verses 3 through 6, which speak of God's

holiness and by consequence the holiness, which he demands of his people as they worship

him.

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