Lift up your heads, O you gates - This refers to either the gates of the city or of the house erected for the worship of God; most …

Gates. —The Septuagint and Vulgate miss this fine personification, by rendering “princes” instead of “heads.”

“Lift up …

Now, if Christ is our Shepherd in the meadows down here where he makes us lie down in the green pastures of his grace, he will also be our Shepherd…

Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Since the magnificent and splendid structure of the temple, which had more outward majesty than the tabern…

Lift up your heads, O you gates
By which the gates of hell are not meant; nor are the words to be understood of the …

The splendid entry described here refers to the solemn bringing in of the ark into the tent David pitched for it, or the temple Solomon built for i…

1. Having described tribulations and divine help, the psalmist here commends the power of his helper.

   There is no new title in the He…