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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 84:4

Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, enjoying their position as members of the household of God; they will be still praising Thee, no matter what outward afflictions tend to take away their feeling of happiness. Selah. While the poet waits for the removal of the obstructions which are keeping him from visiting the Sanctuary, he carries out the thought of the blessed fellowship with God, the believer's bond of union with Jehovah.

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See also Psalms 84:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 84:4. _BLESSED_ ARE _THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE_] They who have such a constant habitation in thy temple as the sparrow or the swallow has in the house wherein it has built its nest. _...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE - Who are constantly there; whose permanent abode is there. The reference is to the priests and Levites - the ministers of religion - who had their permanent a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 84-89 Psalms 84 In View of the Sanctuary _ 1. Heart longings (Psalms 84:1)_ 2. In the sanctuary (Psalms 84:8) The two next Psalms are of the sons of Korah, who themselves are monuments of s...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXXXIV. A PILGRIM PSALM. Psalms 84:3. sparrow (rather little bird generally) and SWALLOW are metaphorical for pious Jewish pilgrims. As the birds find their nests and homes, so the Jew, worthy of the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED. Compare verses: Psalms 84:5; Psalms 84:12. See App-63. Figure of speech _Benedictio._ App-6. STILL PRAISING. Compare 1 Chronicles 9:33. SELAH. Connecting the dwellers in, and the approac

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The happiness of those who find a home in the Temple....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Blessed_ Or, _happy_, as in Psalms 1:1; and so in Psalms 84:5_; Psalms 84:12_. Not those who are "of the household of God" in the wider sense (Psalms 23:

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 639 DIVINE ORDINANCES LOVELY Psalms 84:1. Haw amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 84 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Longing of a Levite for the Habitations of Jehovah in Zion, with Inspiring Memories of a Past Pilgrimage and Exultant Joy in Renewed Service. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps. sets forth the attractiveness of the Temple and its worship (Psalms 84:1), and the happiness of the pilgrims who gather to it from different parts of the land (Psalms 84:5). After a prayer fo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE] the priests and other Temple officials....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ JOURNEY TO ZION PSALMS 84 Jesus said, "Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head" ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 84:5]_ אַ֭שְׁרֵי יֹושְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֑ךָ עֹ֝֗וד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 84:1 THE same longing for and delight in the sanctuary which found pathetic expression in Psalms 42:1 and Psalms 43:1, inspire this psalm. Like these, it is ascribed in the superscription to th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LONGING FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD Psalms 84:1 This is one of the sweetest of the Psalms. David probably composed it during his absence from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's rebellion, though its final...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a pilgrim psalm. It falls into three strophes divided by Selahs. The first describes the pilgrim's hope (vv. Psa 84:1-4); the second, the pilgrim's experience (vv. Psa 84:5-8); the third, pilg...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I cannot sufficiently admire the beauty of these expressions. The happiness of a bird freed from all fears, and taking her quiet repose in a nest, out of the reach of every enemy, in one of the upper...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4_Blessed are they who dwell in thy house. _Here the Psalmist expresses more distinctly the proper and legitimate use of the sanctuary; and thus he distinguishes himself from hypocrites, who are sedul...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 84 contemplates the blessedness of going up to the courts of Jehovah, yet, in the figurative allusion to the road thither, refers to the path of tears which His people have had to tread towards...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE,.... The house of God, in his tabernacles and courts; referring to the priests and Levites, who were frequently officiating there, in their turns, night and da...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Ver. 4. _Blessed are they that dwell in thy house_] viz. Those menial servants of thine, the priests and Levites,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Blessed_, &c. “Here the metaphor is dropped, and the former sentiment expressed in plain language;” _are they that dwell in thy house_ That constantly abide in, or frequently resort to, thy house; in...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    They that constantly or frequently resort to and abide in thy house; either the priests and Levites, who kept continual watch there; or other devout Jews who were there perpetually, as Anna, LUKE 2:37...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 84:4 Blessed H835 dwell H3427 (H8802) house H1004 praising H1984 (H8762) Selah H5542 Blessed -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 84:1 I. Consider who is the Father of this home. He is the almighty God. With what confidence it becomes the children of such a Father to depend on their home being replenished with happiness!...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is thought, by some interpreters, that Gittith signifies the winepress. They must have been a very godly people who sang such song...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!_ «Though they are only tabernacles, temporary structures that are soon to be taken down, and carried away, they are very dear to us. Th...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    May the Spirit of God bless to us every syllable of this familiar Psalm as we read it! Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the cour...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    A Psalm for the sons of Korah. You remember how Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were destroyed because of their rebellion against the Lord, and their revolt against his chosen servant, Moses and Aaron, and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Testimony to God's goodness and the happiness of those who put their confidence in Him. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Jacob. CONCLUSION: True subjects love the courts of their King. Favored in...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Though the writer of this psalm is not named in the title, yet it is not doubted but David was the author. Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles._ The word is plural, for the tabernacle had th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! _ A GOOD MAN IN RELATION TO THE SCENES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP I. As deprived of these privileges. In his deprivation he reveals-- 1. A devout admiratio...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be still praising Thee._ THE PRIEST AND THE PILGRIM 1. The means of grace are prized in proportion to the difficulty or danger in the way of their...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 84:1. This is a psalm celebrating pilgrimage to Jerusalem to worship at the temple. It is very much like the hymns in praise of Zion as God’s special place (e.g.,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Gittith_.” (See Introduction to Psalms 81) “_A Psalm for the sons of Korah_.” (See Introduction to Psalms 42) _Occasion_.—The Psalm was evi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This psalm, attributed (see title) to the "sons of Korah," or the Korahite Levites (see 1 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 20:19), describes the blessedness of their position as dwellers in th...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 84:1-12 is a beautiful psalm of the tabernacles of God. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 12:4; Isaiah 12:5; Psalms 134:1; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 27:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    They — That constantly abide in thy house; the priests and Levites, or other devout Jews who were there perpetually, as Anna, Luke 2:36. They will — They are continually employed in that blessed work....

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