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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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_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:
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The happiness of those who find a home in the Temple....
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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...
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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...
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THEY THAT DWELL IN THY HOUSE] the priests and other Temple officials....
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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...
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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" ...
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_[Psalms 84:5]_ אַ֭שְׁרֵי יֹושְׁבֵ֣י
בֵיתֶ֑ךָ עֹ֝֗וד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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LONGING FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE WORD OF GOD.
To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be used in public worship with
the accompaniment of a stringed instrument brought by David from the
Philistine city o...
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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 feeli...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 84:4 Blessed H835 dwell H3427 (H8802) house H1004 praising
H1984 (H8762) Selah H5542
Blessed -...
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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!...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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.,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 12:4; Isaiah 12:5; Psalms 134:1; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 27:4;...