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Psalm 24:7

ESV Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
NIV Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
NASB Lift up your heads, you gates, And be lifted up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in!
CSB Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in.
NLT Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
KJV Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
NKJV Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

What does Psalm 24:7 mean?

David appeals to Jerusalem to make room for the King of glory to enter the city. Today, when a prominent dignitary like a royal person visits the nation's capital, a flurry of activity precedes his arrival. Traffic is cleared, flags are hoisted, and security is enhanced. Every precaution is taken to welcome the distinguished visitor. Jerusalem's gates were the site where official business was transacted. David's call to the gates was a poetic summons to the whole city of Jerusalem to welcome the King of glory.

Tradition suggests this psalm is connected to when David brought the ark of the covenant back from the home of Obed-edom (2 Samuel 6). The ark that represented God's presence was about to enter Jerusalem. When it had been seized by the Philistines, Eli's daughter-in-law bore a son and called him Ichabod, saying, "'The glory has departed from Israel!' because the ark of God had been captured" (1 Samuel 4:21). Now that the ark was about to enter Jerusalem, the glory of the King of heaven and earth was returning.
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