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 the request for audience with the words of the prayer, and dividing the Psalm, structurally, into its two parts.
Verse Psalms 84:8. _HEAR MY PRAYER_] Let us be restored to thy sanctuary, and to thy worship....
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...
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...
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...
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....
A prayer for favourable audience, uttered apparently by the Psalmist as the leader of the pilgrims on their arrival in the Temple....
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...
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...
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...
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" ...
_[Psalms 84:9]_ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְ֭בָאֹות שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י...
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...
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...
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...
_Salvation. By Cyrus, or rather by the Messias, whose time drew near. (Calmet)_...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Psalms 84:8 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 hear H8085 (H8798) prayer H8605 ear H238 (H8685) God...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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.,...
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
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...
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...
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...
Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:3; Psalms 17:1; Psalms 20:1; Psalms 35:13;...