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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 24:7-10, as sung to the tune St. Asaph from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

7    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.

8    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.

9    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.

10   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.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 24 follow:

Probably this psalm was penned for use of the Hebrews, when David brought up the ark of God to Jerusalem, or when Solomon brought it into the temple, 2 Sam. 6, 1 Kings 8, in order to raise their hearts above their external ceremonies, to a reception of, and walking in Christ, who was thereby prefigured. Observe, (1.) Christ's kingdom of nature, comprehending the whole world and all the inhabitants thereof, ver. 1-2. (2.) His kingdom of grace in the nature of it; the gracious character of its subjects; and their charter to their everlasting happiness above, ver. 3-6. (3.) Under the figure of a call to admit the ark, we have a solemn summons, issued forth by God, for the heavens to receive Jesus, our glorious and almighty King, into their blissful abodes in his ascension; and for us to receive him into our hearts and societies below, ver. 7-10.

While I sing, let me be affected with the double claim the Redeemer hath on me ­ as his creature, and as his ransomed one. Let me try whether I possess the distinguishing characters of a real saint; and whether I have received an abundance of the gift of righteousness, and of blessedness from the God of my salvation. Let me charge, let me rouse up all my inward powers, to receive Jesus Christ the Lord, as made of God unto me, wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption

From: THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650) by the Westminster Assembly, Covenanted Church of Scotland General Assembly and Francis Rouse (1646-1650), With Notes Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for Directing and Animating the Devotion On Each Psalm by John Brown Of Haddington (from the 1844 edition of this Psalter published by Robert Carter, New York).

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