1 For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah. 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage. 6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. 7 They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion. 8 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed. 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. 12 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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Cross references (11)
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- 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
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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)