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Psalms 118:20

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

KJV

Concupivit anima mea desiderare justificationes tuas in omni tempore.

Vulgate

ἐπεπόθησεν ἡ ψυχή μου τοῦ ἐπιθυμῆσαι εἰς τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ.

LXX

This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.

ASV

זֶֽה הַ/שַּׁ֥עַר לַ/יהוָ֑ה צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים יָבֹ֥אוּ בֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is the will moved by the intellect? Is it moved by the sensitive appetite? Does the will move itself? Is it moved by an extrinsic principle? Is it moved by a heavenly body? Is the will moved by God alone as by an extrinsic principle? Article 1. Whether the will is moved by the intellect? Objection 1. It would seem that the will is not moved by the intellect. For Augustine says …

Cross-references

  • Isa 26:2 — Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
  • Isa 26:2 — Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
  • Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
  • Ps 24:3 — Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
  • Ps 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
  • Ps 24:9 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
  • Rev 21:24 — And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
  • Rev 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.