Psalms 24:7

24:7 Look up, you gates!

Rise up, you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king will enter!

Psalms 24:9

24:9 Look up, you gates!

Rise up, you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king will enter!

Psalms 78:23

78:23 He gave a command to the clouds above,

and opened the doors in the sky.


tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

tn Or “king of glory.”

tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.