Psalms 24

1 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

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

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

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

3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?

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

4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

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

5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.

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

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek 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, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

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 mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.

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

9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

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 hosts, he is the King of Glory.

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