Psalm 24

This article is about Psalm 24 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 24 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 25.
Psalm 24
"The earth is the LORD's,
and the fulness thereof"
Psalm 24 in an anonymous French manuscript, early 14th century
Other name
  • Psalm 23
  • "Domini est terra et plenitudo eius orbis terrarum"
Textby David
LanguageHebrew (original)

Psalm 24 is the 24th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 23. In Latin, it is known as "Domini est terra et plenitudo eius orbis terrarum".[1] The psalm is marked as a Psalm of David.

The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Nonconformist Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz and Lili Boulanger. The section "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" has been associated with Advent, and paraphrased in hymns. The same dialogue, requesting the gates to open for the King of Glory, have also been associated with the feast of the Ascension, therefore Handel set it in Part II of his Messiah in the scene "Ascension", and Christoph Bernhard Verspoell wrote a related hymn, "Öffnet eure Tore", in 1810.

  1. ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 23 (24)". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2018-12-07.