A Psalm of David.

¹THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it. [I Cor. 10:26.]

²For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers.

³Who shall go up into the mountain of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His Holy Place?

⁴He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully. [Matt. 5:8.]

⁵He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]! [Ps. 42:1.]

⁷Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.

⁸Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.

¹⁰Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!