Psalms 84:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. ”

Psalms 84:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They go from strength to strength ... - Margin,” company to company.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “They go from strength to strength; the God of gods is seen in Zion.” Luther, “They obtain one vi...
Psalms 84:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They go from (f) strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God. (f) They are never weary but increase in strength and courage till they come to God's house.
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God . he appeareth before God in Zion. Note the singular, "he appeareth": i.e. "the man" of Psalms 84:5 . The valley of Baca thus becomes the valley of B...
Psalms 84:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 They will go from strength to strength. In this verse the same sentiment is repeated. Mount Zion being the place where, according to the appointment of the law, the holy assemblies were ob...
Psalms 84:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. They go from strength to strength - They proceed from one degree of grace to another, gaining Divine virtue throug...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They go from strength to strength ,.... Whose strength is in the Lord, and in whose heart are his ways, and who pass through the valley of Baca, and find a well of supply, and pools of blessings the...
Psalms 84:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God. Ver. 7. They go from strength to strength ] i.e. Lustily and constantly, turma turmae subinde sese adiungent...
Psalms 84:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They go from strength to strength The farther they travel onward in that way, instead of being faint and weary, as travellers in such cases are wont to be, they grow stronger and stronger, being gr...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They go from strength to strength; the farther they travel onward in that way, instead of being faint and weary, as travellers in such cases use to be, they grow stronger and stronger, being greatl...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 84:7 (with Ephesians 4:15 ) There is a whole "Pilgrim's Progress" in this text from the wicket-gate to the Celestial City. And, indeed, it is a pilgrim's song, the song of the Israelite...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - 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...
Psalms 84:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; Deuteronomy 16:16 ; Isaiah 40:31 ; Isaiah 46:13 ; Jeremiah 31:6 ; Job 17:9 ; John 14:3 ; John 15:2 ; John 6:39 ; Luke 2:24 ; Pr...
Psalms 84:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They go — They grow stronger and stronger. Appeareth — This is added as the blessed fruit of their long and tedious journey.

Psalms 84:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 84:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 84:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 84:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 84:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 84:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 84:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 84:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 84:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 84:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 84:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes