“ O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. ”
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...
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...
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. Conne...
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, ver...
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Hear my prayer - Let us be restored to thy sanctuary, and to thy worship.
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 peopl...
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 84:1-12 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...
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.
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 opportunit...
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 t...
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 chi...
Delight in God's Ordinances. 8 O L ORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O Go...
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...
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...
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...
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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