‏ Psalms 24:7

7Look up, ▼
▼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).
you gates.
Rise up, ▼
▼tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”
you eternal doors.
Then the majestic king ▼
▼tn Or “king of glory.”
will enter. ▼
▼tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

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