Scripture Verse

Lift up your heads, O you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Psalm 24:7

Introduction

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Nahum Tate (1652–1715)

Words: Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 1696.

Music: Win­ches­ter Old, The Whole Book of Psalmes, by Tho­mas Est, 1592 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Bra­dy or Est (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Lift up your heads, eter­nal gates!
Unfold, to en­ter­tain
The King of glo­ry; see!
He comes, with His ce­les­ti­al train.

Who is this King of glo­ry—who?
The Lord, for strength re­nowned;
In bat­tle migh­ty; o’er His foes
Eternal Vic­tor crowned.

Lift up your heads, ye gates! un­fold
In state to en­ter­tain
The King of glo­ry; see! He comes
With all His shin­ing train.

Who is this King of glo­ry—who?
The Lord of hosts re­nowned:
Of glo­ry He alone is King,
Who is with glo­ry crowned.