Psa 24:7 | NETfull | STEP | Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter!

Psalms 24:7

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