Psalms 84:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. ”

• Psalms 84:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  My soul longeth - The word used here means properly to be pale; then, to be faint or weak; and then, to pine after, to long for, to desire earnestly. It would properly denote such a longing or de...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the (b) courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. (b) For only the priests could enter the sanctuary and the rest of the people...

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• Psalms 84:2 - 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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  My soul longeth . I, even. myself, long. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13), for emphasis. courts. Corresponding with "altars" ( Psalms 84:3 ). See the Structure. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. GO...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  I have observed, that in the second verse a more than ordinary ardor of desire is expressed. The first verb, כספ, casaph, signifies vehemently to desire; but not contented with this word...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. My soul longeth - It is a Levite that speaks, who ardently longs to regain his pla...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow, &c.— Or, My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God: Psalms 84:3 . ( Yea, as a sparrow, till she finds a house...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. "Courts" i...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This Ps. sets forth the attractiveness of the Temple and its worship ( Psalms 84:1-4 ), and the happiness of the pilgrims who gather to it from different parts of the land ( Psalms 84:5-7 ). After a...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Longeth. — From root meaning to grow pale, expressing one effect of strong emotion — grows pale with longing. So the Latin poets used pallidus to express the effects of passionate love, and g...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - 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, pil...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Though the latter part of this rapturous Psalm evidently belongs to the church, and is the language of the church concerning Christ; yet I do not see wherefore the former part may not be supposed to...

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• Psalms 84:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord ,.... The courts of the tabernacle now at Gibeon, though the ark was in Zion, 2 Chronicles 1:3 as the court of the priests, and the c...

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• Psalms 84:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Ver. 2. My soul longeth ] As she did who said, Give me children or else I die...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Pleasures of Public Worship; Benefit of Public Worship. To the chief musician upon Gittith. A psalm for the sons of Korah...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Fainteth, or, is consumed , with grief for want of them, and with vehement desire to enjoy them, and with the deferring and disappointment of his hopes. See Proverbs 13:12 . For the courts; t...

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• Psalms 84:2 - 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 w...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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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• Psalms 84:2 - 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 ha...

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• Psalms 84:2 - 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 admi...

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• Psalms 84:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 84:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 cit...

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• Psalms 84:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 26:9 ; Isaiah 64:1 ; Job 23:3 ; Psalms 119:20 ; Psalms 119:81 ; Psalms 143:6 ; Psalms 42:1 ; Psalms 42:2 ; Psalms 63:1 ; Psalms 63:2 ; Psalms 73:26 ; Song of Solomon 2:4 ; Song of...

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