Gates of goodness, open for me, and I will come in and worship the Lord.
Open the gates for the good people to enter. They are the God’s faithful followers.
“Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes. They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.
Come through the gates to his Temple giving thanks to him. Enter his courtyards with songs of praise. Honor him and bless his name.
Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that proves I will get well and go to the Lord’s Temple?”
So I say, “The Lord saved me. So we will sing and play songs in the Lord’s Temple all our lives.”
Come and worship him with songs of thanks. Let us sing happy songs of praise to him.
God, who lives in his holy palace, is a father to orphans, and he takes care of widows.