Psalms 118:19 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

KJV

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ASV

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.

WEB

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

YLT

Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them--I thank Jah.

DBT

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I praise.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Psalms 24:7
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Psalms 66:13
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 100:4
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

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Open - O ye porters, appointed by God for this work. The gates - Of the Lord's tabernacle: where the rule of righteousness was kept and taught, and the sacrifices of righteousness were offered.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

The psalmist desires admission into the sanctuary of God, there to celebrate the glory of him that cometh in the name of the Lord: Open to me the gates of righteousness. So the temple-gates are called, because they were shut against the uncircumcised, and forbade the stranger to come nigh, as the sacrifices there offered are called sacrifices of righteousness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Whether an actual or figurative entrance into God's house be meant, the purpose of solemn praise is intimated, in which only the righteous would or could engage. These words are applied by Christ (Mt 21:42) to Himself, as the foundation of the Church (compare Ac 4:11;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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