Psalms 24:9

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	שְׂא֤וּ se.'U	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
heads	רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם ra.shei.Khem	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
gates	שְׁעָרִ֨ים she.'a.Rim	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	וּ֭שְׂאוּ U.se.'u	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
everlasting	עוֹלָ֑ם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
doors	פִּתְחֵ֣י pit.Chei	H6607	an opening (literally) · noun, common masculine plural construct
King	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
glory	הַכָּבֽוֹד ha.ka.Vod	H3519	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
in	וְ֝יָבֹא Ve.ya.vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:7–end

What is spoken once is spoken a second time in these verses; such repetitions are usual in songs, and have much beauty in them. Here is, 1. Entrance once and again demanded for the King of glory; the doors and gates are to be thrown open, thrown wide open, to give him admission, for behold he stands at the door and knocks, ready to come in. 2. Enquiry once and again made concerning this mighty prince, in whose name entrance is demanded: Who is this King of glory? As, when any knock at our door, it is common to ask, Who is there? 3. Satisfaction once and again given concerning the royal person that makes the demand: It is the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle, the Lord of ho…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 24:7

The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.

John Gill on Psalms 24:9

Lift up your heads, O ye gates even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. See Gill on Psalm 24:7. This is repeated on account of the backwardness and negligence of churches, and particular believers, to open and let Christ in; as may be seen in the case of the church in Sol 5:2; as well as the more to set forth the greatness and glory of Christ, about to make his entrance, and to command a proper awe and reverence of him: some think respect is had to the twofold coming of Christ; first into the second temple, and next at the last judgment; though rather the certainty of his coming, in a spiritual manner, to his church and people, is here designed.

John Calvin on Psalms 24:7–end

Psalm 24:7-10 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates! and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors! and the King of glory shall enter in. 8. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors! and the King of glory shall enter in. 10. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates! The magnificent and splendid structure of the temple, in which there was more outward majesty than in the tabernacle, not being yet erected, David here speaks of the future building of it. By doing this, he encourages the pious Israelites to employ themselv…

The Church Fathers

But after he had destroyed his enemies through his passion, the Lord, who is mighty in battle and strong, … goes, bearing victory and trophies, with the body that arose from the dead.… Certain powers say, "Who is this that is coming from Edom, with scarlet garments from Bosra, so beautiful?" And those escorting him say to those stationed at the gates of heaven, "Lift up your gates, and the King of glory will come in."
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 6:287-88

"Take away your gates, you princes." Let us go hence straightway into heaven. Again, let the Prophet's trumpet cry aloud, "Take away too, you princes of the air, the gates, which you have in the minds of men who 'worship the host of heaven.'" [2 Kings 17:16] "And be lifted up, you everlasting gates." And be lifted up, you doors of everlasting righteousness, of love, and chastity, through which the soul loves the One True God, and goes not a-whoring with the many that are called gods. "And the King of glory shall come in" [Psalm 24:9]. "And the King of glory shall come in," that He may at the right hand of the Father intercede for us.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 24

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Christ, The King · Glorious — Glorious

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 24:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 24:7

John Gill on Psalms 24:9

John Calvin on Psalms 24:7–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 24:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 24:7

John Gill on Psalms 24:9

John Calvin on Psalms 24:7–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 24:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 24:4

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 24:9