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Psalm 24:9
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. (Psalm 24:9)
Lift up your heads.
 The repetition of summons gives force to what is uttered, and heightens the formal ritualism of the poem. A ceremony is in progress. Hebrew poetry delights in repetition or near repetition for the sake of emphasis (see v. 7).