Ye Gates, Lift Your Heads

Ye gates, lift your heads, the glad summons obey,
Ye doors everlasting, wide open the way.
The King of all glory high honors await,
The King of all glory shall enter in state.

What King of all glory is this that ye sing?
The Lord, strong and mighty, the conquering King.
Ye gates, lift your heads, and His summons obey,
Ye doors everlasting, wide open the way.

The King of all glory high honors await,
The King of all glory shall enter in state.
What King of all glory is this that ye sing?
Jehovah of Hosts, He of glory is King.

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 is sometimes printed anonymously or attributed simply to 'the New Version,' but the primary authors of that psalter were Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady.