Psalm 24
The earth is God’s and all that is in it,
the world and all who dwell therein.
For it is God who founded it upon the seas
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
“Who can ascend the hill of the Most High,
and who can stand in God’s holy place?”
“Those who have clean hands and a pure heart,
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.
They shall receive a blessing from the Holy One
and a just reward from the God of their salvation.”
Such is the generation of those who seek God,
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors,
and the One who reigns in glory shall come in.
“Who is this who reigns in glory?”
“The Holy One, strong and mighty,
the Holy One, mighty in battle.”
Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors,
and the One who reigns in glory shall come in.
--from the St Helena Psalter
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The earth is the Lord's and everything in it,
the world and its inhabitants, too.
Because God is the one who establshed it on the seas;
God set it firmly on the waters.
Who can ascend the Lord's mountain?
Who can stand in his holy sanctuary?
Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart;
the one who hasn't made false promises.
the one who hasn't sworn dishonestly.
That kind of person receives blessings from the Lord
and righteousness from the God who saves.
And that's how things are
with the generation that seeks him--
that seeks the face of Jacob's God.
Mighty gates: lift up your heads!
Ancient doors: rise up high!
So the glorious king can enter!
Who is this glorious king?
The Lord-- strong and powerful!
The Lord-- mighty in battle!
Mighty gates: lift up your heads!
Ancient doors: rise up high!
So the glorious king can enter!
Who is this glorious king?
The Lord of heavenly forces--
he is the glorious king!
-- from the Common English Bible
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