Psalm 24:7
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 24Meaning
The gates are summoned to lift their heads and the ancient doors to rise so that the King of glory may enter; the personified architecture creates liturgical drama rather than a magical formula for controlling spiritual forces.
Lift up your heads, O gates
Verses 7–10 repeat a liturgical summons for the gates to open to the King of glory, identified as the LORD strong and mighty.
Read carefully
The gates are summoned to lift their heads and the ancient doors to rise so that the King of glory may enter; the personified architecture creates liturgical drama rather than a magical formula for controlling spiritual forces. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
The gates are summoned to lift their heads and the ancient doors to rise so that the King of glory may enter; the personified architecture creates liturgical drama rather than a magical formula for controlling spiritual forces.