Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
← →
⚙ Annotations & References ▾
Themes 4 ▾
Temple and Tabernacle 1, 10 Worship 2, 7 Hope 2 Grace 11
People 2 ▾
Jacob Patriarchal 8 Jacob Life of Christ 8
Prophecies 1 ▾
The LORD God Is a Sun and Shield 11
Historic voices 6 ▾
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1× 2 City of God 3× 2, 4, 10 Summa Theologica 1× 7 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-11 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 5 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 8
Manuscript witnesses 5 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
Cross-references 133 ▾
v1
v2
v3
v4
v5
v6
v7
v9
v10
v11
v12
What is Psalms 84 about?

The sons of Korah, gatekeepers and singers at the sanctuary, pour out a pilgrim's longing: 'How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD.' Even the sparrow finds a home near God's altars, and blessed are those who dwell in His house and those in whose heart are the highways to Zion, who pass through the valley of weeping and make it a place of springs. Better is a single day in His courts than a thousand elsewhere, and to be a doorkeeper in the house of God is better than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. The psalm gives words to every heart that treasures God's presence above all earthly good, for the LORD is a sun and shield who withholds no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 84
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 84
The Church Fathers on Psalms 84

Psalms 84

Psalms Chapter 84
84
1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
3Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.
4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. [Selah
5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
8O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah
9Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
← Chapter 83 Chapter 85 →
What is Psalms 84 about?

The sons of Korah, gatekeepers and singers at the sanctuary, pour out a pilgrim's longing: 'How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD.' Even the sparrow finds a home near God's altars, and blessed are those who dwell in His house and those in whose heart are the highways to Zion, who pass through the valley of weeping and make it a place of springs. Better is a single day in His courts than a thousand elsewhere, and to be a doorkeeper in the house of God is better than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. The psalm gives words to every heart that treasures God's presence above all earthly good, for the LORD is a sun and shield who withholds no good thing from those who walk uprightly.