Psalm 24(23) Domini est terra

(Of David. A psalm.)
The Lord owns earth, and all earth’s fulness, the round world, and all its inhabitants.
Who else has built it out from the sea, poised it on the hidden streams?
Who dares climb the mountain of the Lord, and appear in his sanctuary?
The guiltless in act, the pure in heart; one who never set his heart on lying tales, or swore treacherously to his neighbour.
His to receive a blessing from the Lord, mercy from God, his sure defender;
his the true breed that still looks, still longs for the presence of the God of Jacob.
Swing back, doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates, to let the King enter in triumph!
Who is this great King? Who but the Lord, mighty and strong, the Lord mighty in battle?
Swing back, doors, higher yet; reach higher, immemorial gates, to let the King enter in triumph!
Who is this great King? It is the Lord of Armies that comes here on his way triumphant. (KNOX)