Psalms 24:7 meaning and explanation

Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!

Psalms 24:7, Berean Standard Bible

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David pictures the gates of Jerusalem being addressed as if they were living beings, commanded to lift their heads and open wide. In the psalm's movement, the worshipers have just asked who may ascend the LORD's holy hill, and now the procession arrives at the sanctuary.

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