Your procession has come into view, O God— the procession of my God and King as he goes 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.
- BSB They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into 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.
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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).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 47:5–7God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- Ps 24:7–10Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
- Ps 63:2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
- 1 Chr 15:16–24David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
- 2 Sam 6:12–17King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.” So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
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