The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.
For He hath founded it upon the seas,
and established it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord?
And who shall stand in His holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
who hath not taken His name in vain,
and hath not sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Such is the generation of them that seek after Him,
that seek Thy face, even Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
and be ye lifted up,
ye everlasting doors;
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
yea, lift them up,
ye everlasting doors;
that the King of glory may come in.
Who then is the King of glory?
The Lord of hosts; He is the King of glory.
The Bible’s Book of Psalms is a compilation of 150 hymns attributed to several ancient authors over a period of about a thousand years. Since earliest times it has formed a core component of Jewish and Christian liturgy. This passage is published in Easwaran’s spiritual anthologies, “God Makes the Rivers to Flow” and “Timeless Wisdom.” The audio recording is by Eknath Easwaran who is reading an earlier translation of the passage.