"Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, {and} I will praise the LORD:" — Psalms 118:19

Psalms 118:19 · KJV

“Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, {and} I will praise the LORD:”

— Psalms 118:19

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

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

Psalms 118 — Context

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, {and} I will praise the LORD:

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

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. {truth: Heb. truths}

Revelation 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.

Psalms 9:13-14

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble {which I suffer} of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Psalms 100:4

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, {and} into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, {and} bless his name.

Psalms 116:18-19

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said, What {is} the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

Isaiah 38:20

The LORD {was ready} to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Psalms 66:13-15

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,