Psalms 84:2

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 Solomon 2:5; Song of Solomon 5:8

Related Commentaries of 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 earnes...
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 co...
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 bi...
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 Stru...
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 vehem...
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, f...
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...
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...
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, ev...
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 diffe...
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...
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...
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 Jerus...
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 pil...
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...
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 Chro...
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 ] A...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pleasures of Public Worship; Benefit of Public Worship. To the chief mu...
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...
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 Int...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 84:2 The whole of this Psalm is the uttered desire of a soul for public worship. Yet, after all, the Psalmist reaches the climax of desire...
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 revol...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 taber...
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. I...
The Biblical Illustrator

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. The profoundest hunger of hu...
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 ), d...
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 i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My soul longeth, with intensive desire, yea, even fainteth, exhausted and almost parched with spiritual thirst, for the courts of the Lord, where...

² My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 84:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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