1 To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. O Lord of hostes, howe amiable are thy Tabernacles! 2 My soule longeth, yea, and fainteth for the courtes of the Lord: for mine heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God. 3 Yea, the sparrowe hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest for her, where she may lay her yong: euen by thine altars, O Lord of hostes, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thine house: they will euer praise thee. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes. 6 They going through the vale of Baca, make welles therein: the raine also couereth the pooles. 7 They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion. 8 O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah. 9 Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse. 11 For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly. 12 O Lord of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalm 84 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 27:4; Psalm 43:3; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 122:1; Revelation 21:22–23
- 2 Isaiah 26:9; Psalm 42:1–2; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 63:1–2; Psalm 73:26
- 3 Psalm 91:1; Psalm 90:1; Matthew 8:20; Psalm 43:4; Psalm 116:7
- 4 Psalm 23:6; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 27:4; Isaiah 12:4–5; Psalm 71:8
- 5 Psalm 28:7–8; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Zechariah 10:12; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 40:8
- 6 2 Corinthians 4:17; Romans 5:3–5; Joel 2:23; John 16:33; Romans 8:37
- 7 Proverbs 4:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 40:31; Job 17:9; John 1:16
- 9 Psalm 2:2; Genesis 15:1; Psalm 98:1; Psalm 89:20; 1 Samuel 16:6
- 10 Psalm 27:4; Psalm 26:8–10; Psalm 63:2; Philippians 3:20; Romans 8:5–6
- 11 Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 2:7; Matthew 6:33; Philippians 4:19; Psalm 85:12
- 12 Jeremiah 17:7–8; Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 50:10; Isaiah 30:18; Psalm 2:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The people of God, then, in this Psalm saith, "O God, who shall be like unto Thee?" (ver. 1). Which I suppose to be more fitly taken of Christ, because, being made in the likeness of men, He was thought by those by whom He was despised to be comparable to other men: for He was even "reckoned among the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
By Thy Gift we are inflamed, and are borne upwards; we wax hot inwardly, and go forwards. We ascend Thy ways that be in our heart, and sing a song of degrees; we glow inwardly with Thy fire, with Thy good fire, and we go, because we go upwards to the peace of Jerusalem; for glad was I when they …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"For I had rather," it is said, "be an outcast in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of sinners." And "one day in thy courts is better than thousands." They would have chosen then ten thousand times rather to be outcasts at home, than kings in Babylon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And hence in another psalm He says, "My soul longeth, yea, even faileth, for the courts of the Lord." Yet, though he had said of both his heart and his flesh that they were failing, he did not say, O God of my heart and my flesh, but, O God of my heart; for by the heart the flesh is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
I am admonished also by the sacred song, in which I read or hear the words, "Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, O Lord; they will be still praising Thee." All the members and organs of the incorruptible body, which now we see to be suited to various necessary uses, shall contribute to the praises of God; for …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)