³ Who can ascend the Lord’s mountain?
    Who can stand in his holy sanctuary?
⁴ Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart;
    the one who hasn’t made false promises,
    the one who hasn’t sworn dishonestly.
⁵ That kind of person receives blessings from the Lord
    and righteousness from the God who saves.
⁶ And that’s how things are
    with the generation that seeks him—
    that seeks the face of Jacob’s God.^[a] Selah

⁷ Mighty gates: lift up your heads!
    Ancient doors: rise up high!
        So the glorious king can enter!
⁸ Who is this glorious king?
    The Lord—strong and powerful!
    The Lord—powerful in battle!
⁹ Mighty gates: lift up your heads!
    Ancient doors: rise up high!
        So the glorious king can enter!
¹⁰ Who is this glorious king?
    The Lord of heavenly forces—
        he is the glorious king! Selah

³ The Lord’s voice is over the waters;
    the glorious God thunders;
        the Lord is over the mighty waters.
⁴ The Lord’s voice is strong;
    the Lord’s voice is majestic.
⁵ The Lord’s voice breaks cedar trees—
    yes, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon jump around like a young bull,
    makes Sirion jump around like a young wild ox.
⁷ The Lord’s voice unleashes fiery flames;
⁸     the Lord’s voice shakes the wilderness—
        yes, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
⁹ The Lord’s voice convulses the oaks,
    strips the forests bare,
        but in his temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the floodwaters;
    the Lord sits enthroned—king forever!

¹¹ Let the Lord give strength to his people!
    Let the Lord bless his people with peace!