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Believers Hymn Book · No. 463 · Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650 (Francis Rous & William Barton) · Tune: St. George's, Edinburgh
Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A metrical versification of Psalm 24:7-10 from the 1650 Scottish Psalter, celebrating the entry of the King of Glory. The text descends from Francis Rous's 1643 psalter, revised by the Westminster Assembly and Scottish General Assembly into its final 1650 form.
Verse 1
Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
Ye doors that last for aye
Be lifted up, that so the King
Of glory enter may:
But who of glory is the King?
The mighty Lord is this;
Ev'n that same Lord that great in might
And strong in battle is.
Chorus
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen, Amen, Amen.
Verse 2
Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
Doors that do last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
Of glory enter may:
But who is He that is the King
Of glory? who is this?
The Lord of hosts, and none but He,
The King of glory is.
Chorus
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen, Amen, Amen.
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