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Psalm 24 Prayed
Praising the ascended Lord Jesus
The earth is yours, Lord Jesus, and everything in
it,
the
world, and all who live in it;
for you founded it upon the seas
and
established it upon the waters.
You are the radiance of God’s glory
and
the exact representation of his being,
sustaining
all things by your powerful word.
After you had provided purification for sins,
you
sat down at the right hand
of
the Majesty in heaven.
Who may ascended the hill of the Lord,
Mount
Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem?
Who
may stand in God’s holy place?
Only you, Lord Jesus,
for
in you is no sin.
Only you have clean hands and a pure heart,
you
alone did not lift up your soul to an idol
or
swear by what is false.
Only you could deserve blessing from your Father,
and
vindication from God the Saviour.
So make us a generation of those who seek you,
who
seek your face, O God of Jacob.
Since we have been raised with you, O Christ,
we
set our hearts on things above,
where
you are seated at the right hand of God.
We long to set our minds on things above,
not
on earthly things.
For we died, and our lives are now
hidden
with you in God.
Therefore we join with the angels in worship,
in
the praise they gave at your coronation,
when God raised you from the dead
and
seated you at his right hand
in
the heavenly realms:
“Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be
lifted up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.”
all
the legions of angels cried out.
“Who is this King of glory?”
sang
the seraphim.
“The Lord Jesus, strong and mighty,
the
Lord Jesus Christ, mighty in battle.”
all
the heavenly host cried out.
“Lift up your heads, O you gates;
lift
them up, you ancient doors,
that
the King of glory may come in.”
all
the saints of God cried out.
“Who is he, this King of glory?”
all
seraphim cried out.
“The Lord Jesus Almighty—
he
is the King of glory.”
so
sang every voice in heaven above,
to your eternal praise.
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Psalm 24 Prayed
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