Lift Up Your Heads, Eternal Gates!

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.

Author: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady

Year: 1696

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 24 from the New Version of the Psalms of David (Tate & Brady, 1696). The text closely matches their rendering, though later hymnals sometimes print slight variants or attribute it simply to 'Tate & Brady' or 'The New Version'.