Psalms 24:7
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; that the King of glory may come in.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah
8'Who is the King of glory?' 'The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.'
Cross References
Numbers 10:35And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: 'Rise up, O LORD, and let Thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Thee flee before Thee.'
1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the Sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
Psalms 21:1(21-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (21-2) O LORD, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy salvation how greatly doth he exult!
Psalms 68:16(68-17) Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD.
Isaiah 26:2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:4-7
The Character of True Israelites. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. From this world, and the fulness thereof, the psalmist's meditations rise, of a sudden to the great… Read the whole commentary →