⁸ Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(A) your inheritance,^(B)
    the ends of the earth^(C) your possession.

⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(A)
    you will dash them to pieces^(B) like pottery.^(C)”

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;^(A)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King^(B) of glory^(C) may come in.^(D)
8 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,^(E)
    the Lord mighty in battle.^(F)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty^(G)—
    he is the King of glory.

¹⁸ When you ascended^(A) on high,^(B)
    you took many captives;^(C)
    you received gifts from people,^(D)
even from^[a] the rebellious^(E)—
    that you,^[b] Lord God, might dwell there.