Psalms 24

1 For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

A PSALM OF DAVID. To YHWH [is] the earth and its fullness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

2 For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.

For He has founded it on the seas, And He establishes it on the floods.

3 Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place?

Who goes up into the hill of YHWH? And who rises up in His holy place?

4 The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, Nor has sworn to deceit.

5 He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior.

He carries away a blessing from YHWH, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Your face, O Jacob! (Selah)

7 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O perpetual doors! And the King of Glory comes in!

8 Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle.

Who [is] this—“the King of Glory?” YHWH—strong and mighty, YHWH, the mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O perpetual doors! And the King of Glory comes in!

10 Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.

Who [is] He—this “King of Glory?” YHWH of hosts—He [is] the King of Glory! (Selah)