Psalm 24 is the 24th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof". In the slightly different numbering system used in
Psalm 24 in an anonymous French manuscript, early 14th century
The Ark carried into the Temple, from Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (early 15th c.)
In the late Ashkenazi tradition, Psalm 24 is recited while the Torah scroll is being carried back to the ark on weekdays, Rosh Chodesh, and festivals.
Georg Weissel was a German Lutheran minister and hymn writer.
Psalm 24
…Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read on the morning of the fifth day of the month, as well as at Evensong on Ascension Day. The Protestant minister Georg Weissel paraphrased the last section of Psalm 24 as an Advent hymn, "Macht hoch die Tür" (Make the door high) in 1623. It became Number 1 in the current…
The Altrossgarten Church in Königsberg, which Weissel inaugurated in 1623 and where he served as minister