Psalms 24:7
Raise your heads, O ye gates; and be raised wide, ye everlasting doors: and let the King of glory enter!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6This is the generation of those that adore him, that seek thy presence, [the sons of] Jacob. Selah.
8Who is this 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, Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let those that hate thee flee before thy face.
1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto its place, into the debir of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
Psalms 21:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (21:2) O Lord, because of thy strength will the king rejoice; and through thy salvation how greatly will he be glad!
Psalms 68:16(68:17) Why watch ye enviously, ye many-peaked mountains, yonder mountain which God hath chosen for his residence? yea, the Lord will also dwell [there] 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 there may enter in the righteous nation which guardeth the truth.
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 →