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Verse Psalms 84:8. _HEAR MY PRAYER_] Let us be restored to thy
sanctuary, and to thy worship....
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O LORD GOD OF HOSTS - See the notes at Psalms 84:1. God is appealed to
here as a God of power; as a God who is able to accomplish all his
purposes, and to impart every needed blessing.
HEAR MY PRAYER...
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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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GOD OF JACOB. Not Israel, but the God (Elohim) Who met Jacob when he
had nothing and deserved nothing (but wrath), and promised him
everything: thus becoming "the God of all grace".
SELAH. Connecting...
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Yet not only those are happy, who reside within the precincts of the
Temple, but those who in the strength of God surmounting every
obstacle appear in His Presence and offer their prayers....
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A prayer for favourable audience, uttered apparently by the Psalmist
as the leader of the pilgrims on their arrival in the Temple....
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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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O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
GIVE EAR, O GOD OF JACOB. This title implies a plea for being heard,
on the ground of God's covenanted grace to the people of...
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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 84:9]_ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְ֭בָאֹות
שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י...
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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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_Salvation. By Cyrus, or rather by the Messias, whose time drew near.
(Calmet)_...
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A new subject is evidently opened at this verse: Here is a soul
calling upon God as a covenant God, the God of Jacob; and in his name
prays to be heard....
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8_O Jehovah, God of Hosts! hear my prayer. _David, instead of acting
like worldly men, who foolishly and unprofitably distress and torment
themselves by inwardly cherishing their desires, very wisely...
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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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O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, HEAR MY PRAYER,.... the redemption of the
captives, says Kimchi; for the building of the house, the temple,
according to Jarchi; but rather for the courts of God, an opportunity
o...
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O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Ver. 8. _O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer_] Satisfy my yearnings,
pantings, and inquietations of mind after the liberty of thy...
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_O Lord God of hosts_ Who canst easily remove and subdue those enemies
who banish and keep me from the place of thy worship; _hear my prayer_
In restoring me to thy house and service; which is my chie...
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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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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, with close attention, O
GOD OF JACOB! SELAH. It seems, however, that the psalmist, deprived of
this glorious privilege of visiting the Tabernacle of the...
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8-12 In all our addresses to God, we must desire that he would look
on Christ, his Anointed One, and accept us for his sake: we must look
to Him with faith, and then God will with favour look upon th...
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O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, who canst easily remove and subdue those enemies
of mine who banish and keep me from the place of thy worship, HEAR MY
PRAYER, in restoring me to thy house and service; which is m...
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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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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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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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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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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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_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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 84:5 Those who make the journey to Zion to
worship are BLESSED. Their STRENGTH IS IN God, to sustain them on the
way. The HIGHWAYS are in their hearts, which pro
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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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Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:3; Psalms 17:1; Psalms 20:1; Psalms 35:13;...