Psalms 84:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who passing through the valley of Bacaa make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. ”

• Psalms 84:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Who passing through the valley of Baca - This is one of the most difficult verses in the Book of Psalms, and has been, of course, very variously interpreted. The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate,...

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• Psalms 84:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  [Who] passing through the valley of (c) Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. (c) So that the poor birds have more freedom than I.

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  of Baca . of weeping. All the ancient versions so render it. make it. Septuagint reads "He maketh it". a well . a place of springs. rain . the early rain.

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• Psalms 84:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6 They passing through the valley of weeping, will together make it a well. The meaning of the Psalmist is, that no impediments can prevent the enlightened and courageous worshippers of God...

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• Psalms 84:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Passing through the valley of Baca make it a well - Instead of בכא bacha, a mulberry-tree, seven MSS. have בכ...

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• Psalms 84:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Blessed is the man, &c.— These words may be rendered, Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; the highways are in the midst of them: Who, passing through the valley of Baca, turn it into...

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• Psalms 84:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. -Second part of the First strophe. The rich consolation in God which belongs to believers, like David, even i...

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (5-7) In these verses, as in the analogous picture ( Isaiah 35:6-8 ; comp. Hosea 2:15-16 ), there is a blending of the real and the figurative; the actual journey towards Sion is represented as ac...

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  What though the people of God have a wilderness to go through, Baca, a weeping place, and are themselves as Bochim, weepers, Judges 2:5 ; nevertheless, while coming up out of it, leaning upon, looki...

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• Psalms 84:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Who passing through the valley of Baca ,.... Kimchi interprets it a valley of springs, or fountains, taking the word to be of the same signification as in Job 38:16 , and mention being made of a we...

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• Psalms 84:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 84:6 [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Ver. 6. Who passing through the valley of Baca ] εν τη κοιλαδι του κλαυθμωνος (Sept.). That...

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• Psalms 84:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Who passing Or, being used to pass; for he seems not to speak of one particular act, but of a common course or custom; through the valley of Baca A place so called, which some Jewish and other...

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Passing; or, being used to pass ; for he seems not to speak of one particular act, but of a common course or custom. Baca; a place, so called, which some Jewish and other writers affirm to have...

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Baca Or, weeping. Not a literal valley, but any place of tears. Compare ( Psalms 23:4 ).

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• Psalms 84:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 84:5-6 I. Every true Christian must expect to have his own private "valley of Baca." (1) But even this shows the intelligence which is resident in our trials. Nothing happens; all is ordere...

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• Psalms 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - 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 84:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Kings 3:9-20 ; 2 Samuel 5:22-24 ; Acts 14:22 ; John 16:33 ; Psalms 66:10-12 ; Psalms 68:9 ; Revelation 7:14 ; Romans 5:3-5 ; Romans 8:37

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• Psalms 84:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Baca — A dry valley in the way to Jerusalem, here put for all places of like nature. Make a well — They dig divers little pits or wells in it for their relief. The rain — God recompenses their dili...

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