Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#127

127. Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates

Text Information

• First Line: Lift up your heads, O mighty gates; behold the King
• Title: Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates
• Author: Georg Weissel (1642)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855, alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 24
  ;
  Psalm 24:7-10
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Advent; Jesus Christ: Triumphal Entry

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Thomas Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789

Text Information:

Georg Weissel, pastor of Altgrossgart Church in Königsberg, Prussia, based this hymn on Psalm 24