Baca
Or, weeping. Not a literal valley, but any place of tears.
Compare (Psalms 23:4).
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...
[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.
LXXXIV. A Pilgrim Psalm. Psalms 84:3 . sparrow (rather little bird generally) and swallow are metaphorical for pious Jewish pilgrims. As the bi...
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 . th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 diffe...
Baca] RM 'balsam trees,' which grow in dry situations. This fact gives the v. its point. The pilgrim heart finds refreshment even on thirsty ground...
(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...
Who passing through the valley of Baca. — All the ancient versions have “valley of weeping,” which, through the Vulg. vallis lacrymosa, has passe...
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...
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 Jerus...
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 pil...
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 ; neverthele...
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...
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...
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 Bac...
The Pleasures of Public Worship; Benefit of Public Worship. To the chief mu...
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, w...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Gittith .” (See Introduction to Psalms 81 ) “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah .” (See Int...
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 resi...
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 revol...
May the Spirit of God bless to us every syllable of this familiar Psalm as we read it! Psalms 84:1-2 . How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of...
Psalms 84:1 . How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! «Though they are only tabernacles, temporary structures that are soon to be taken...
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is thought, by some interpreters, that Gittith signifies the winepress. They mu...
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 taber...
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. I...
Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee. Soul strength I. It springs from a special connection with God. “Whose strength is in Thee.” In w...
EXPOSITION This psalm, attributed (see title) to the "sons of Korah," or the Korahite Levites (see 1 Chronicles 26:1 ; 2 Chronicles 20:19 ), d...
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 i...
who, passing through the Valley of Baca, the vale of tears, the picture being that of the toilsome ascent to the hill upon which Jerusalem is situate...
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...
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 t...
6 Who passing through the valley of Bacaa make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.