Psalms 24:7
Context| NETBible | Look up, 1 you gates! Rise up, 2 you eternal doors! Then the majestic king 3 will enter! 4 |
| XREF | Nu 10:35,36; 2Sa 6:17; 1Ki 8:6,11; Ps 21:1,5; Ps 68:16-18; Ps 97:6; Ps 118:19,20; Ps 132:8; Isa 26:2; Hag 2:7,9; Mal 3:1; Mr 16:19; 1Co 2:8; Eph 4:8-10; Jas 2:1; 1Pe 3:22; 2Pe 3:18; Re 4:11 |
| NET © Notes |
1 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). 2 tn Heb “lift yourselves up.” 3 tn Or “king of glory.” 4 tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result. |
