They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
Parallel translations
- WEB They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- KJV They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
- NKJV They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- NASB ¶They have seen Your procession, God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- NLT Your procession has come into view, O God— the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.
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Quick answer
The people behold God's victory procession entering his sanctuary as their King and God. It celebrates the worship due to the God who reigns.
Overview
David shifts from battle to triumphal worship, picturing God entering his holy place as a victorious King leading a procession. Calling him my God, my King expresses personal devotion within corporate praise. This ascent into the sanctuary anticipates Christ's ascension, where he entered the true heavenly sanctuary, having triumphed (Ephesians 4:8 quotes this psalm).
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- Ps 47:5–7God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- Ps 24:7–10Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
- Ps 63:2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- 1 Chr 15:16–24David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 2 Sam 6:12–17Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
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