“ How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! ”
How amiable - How much to he loved; how lovely. The word amiable is now used to denote a quality of mind or disposition - as gentle, affectionate, kind. The word used here, however in the origina...
"To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O (a) LORD of hosts! (a) David complains that he cannot have access to the Church of God to ma...
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...
Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mismor. See App-65. for the sons of Korah. of, &c. The seventh of nine so ascribed. See note on Psalms 42 , and App-63. How...! Figure of speech. Ecphdnlsis....
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of Hosts! David complains of his being deprived of liberty of access to the Church of God, there to make a profession of his faith, to improve in...
DISCOURSE: 639 DIVINE ORDINANCES LOVELY Psalms 84:1-4 . 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 c...
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! How amiable are thy tabernacles - In this plural noun he appears to include all...
The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary, sheweth how blessed they are that dwell therein: he prayeth to be restored unto it. To the chief musician upon Gittith, A psalm for the so...
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! Psalms 84:1-12 .-Meditation on the blessedness of dwelling in God's house ( Psalms 84:1-7 ); prayer on the ground that Yahweh giveth grace an...
How amiable] RM 'how lovely,' and how lovable.
How amiable. — Better, How loved and how lovable. The Hebrew word combines both senses. Tabernacles. — Better, perhaps, dwellings. (Comp. Psalms 43:3 .) The plural is used poetically, there...
Psalms 84:1-12 THE same longing for and delight in the sanctuary which found pathetic expression in Psalms 42:1-11 and Psalms 43:1-5 , inspire this psalm. Like these, it is ascribed in the supe...
Longing for the House of God Psalms 84:1-12 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 it...
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, pil...
CONTENTS We have here the earnest longings and devout aspirations of the soul for personal communion with God in Christ. The blessedness of that man is sublimely set forth who hath a God in Christ f...
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts !] Which were erected in the wilderness by Moses at the command of God, and brought into the land of Canaan, where the Lord took up his dwelling: her...
Psalms 84:1 «To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. » How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! A Psalm ] Or the same subject with the forty-second, and mad...
How amiable are thy tabernacles That is, thy tabernacle, termed tabernacles; either, 1st, Because it consisted of several parts; or, 2d, To denote its excellence; as behemoth , or beasts , is p...
The Pleasures of Public Worship; Benefit of Public Worship. To the chief musician upon Gittith. A psalm for the sons of Korah...
PSALM 84 THE ARGUMENT . The author of this Psalm seems to have been David, partly because it is ascribed to no other, and partly because it is most agreeable to his style and condition, and the occa...
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 w...
Gittith See title note; ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 8:1 ).
Psalms 84:1-4 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 happi...
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...
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 ha...
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 admi...
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 dwel...
How amiable are Thy tabernacles, the places where God revealed Himself being both worthy of love and beloved by those who realize their importance, O Lord of hosts! The plural is used in speaking o...
1 Kings 22:19 ; Hebrews 9:23 ; Hebrews 9:24 ; Isaiah 6:2 ; Isaiah 6:3 ; Nehemiah 9:6 ; Psalms 122:1 ; Psalms 27:4 ; Psalms 36:8 ; Psalms 48:1 ; Psalms 48:2 ; Psalms 8:1 ; Psalms 81:1 ;...