Psalm 24
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Summary
The Psalmist offers a Temple Ascent Psalm, declaring that the earth belongs to the Lord. Those who have clean hands and a pure heart will dwell with the Lord on His holy hill.
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| (7–10) Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. | (7–10) Lift up your heads, O ye generations of Jacob, and be ye lifted up. And the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle who is the king of glory, shall establish you forever. And he will roll away the heavens and will come down to redeem his people—to make you an everlasting name, to establish you upon his everlasting rock. Lift up your heads, O ye generations of Jacob. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting generations. And the Lord of hosts the King of kings, even the king of glory shall come unto you and shall redeem his people and shall establish them in righteousness. Selah. |
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See Biblical Chronology- 998 BC
Further Reading
Book of Mormon Central, “How Do the Psalms Quoted in the Book of Mormon Teach about the Temple? (2 Nephi 25:16),” KnoWhy 437 (May 29, 2018).
David J. Larsen, “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: What the Psalms Can Tell Us About the Rituals of the First Temple,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 15–34.
Donald W. Parry, “Temple Worship and a Possible Reference to a Prayer Circle in Psalm 24,” BYU Studies Quarterly 32 no. 4 (1992): 57–62.
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