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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 84 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Of "gittith", [See comments on Psalms 8:1]. The Targum renders it here, as there, "to praise upon the harp that was brought from Gath;'' and of the sons of Korah, [See comments on Psalms 42:1] and the argument of this psalm is thought to be much the same...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!] Which were erected in the wilderness by Moses at the command of God, and brought into the land of Canaan, where the Lord took up his dwelling: here he was worshipped, and sacrifices offered to him; here he granted his presence, and commanded his blessing; here it was in David's time; for as yet...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Though David's name be not in the title of this psalm, yet we have reason to think he was the penman of it, because it breathes so much of his excellent spirit and is so much like the sixty-third psalm which was penned by him; it is supposed that David penned this psalm when he was forced by Absalom's rebellion to quit his city, which he lamented...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! The outer portions and the inner parts as well, — how lovely they all are! To be among thy people, to have sweet fellowship with them, how delightful it is, “O Lord of hosts Thou dwellest in thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts, like a king in the center of his army, and thy people encamp round...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Perhaps the psalmist would never have said, “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!” if he had not been detained from them so long that he could truly say, “My soul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts ! “Though they are only tabernacles, temporary structures that are soon to be taken down, and carried away, they are very dear to us. Thy tabernacles are so lovely to us because thou dost meet us there.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! “How amiable “ — how lovely “are thy tabernacles!” The temple was not then built; the Lord’s house was as yet only a tent, so that it is not the glory of architecture that makes the house to be lovely, the glory of it is the indwelling God. “How amiable are thy tabernacles!” That is to say, every...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. How amiable, or, How lovely! He does not tell us how lovely they were, because he could not. His expressions show us that his feelings were inexpressible. Lovely to the memory, to the mind, to the heart, to the eye, to the whole soul, are the assemblies of the saints. Earth contains no sight so refreshing to us as the gathering of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 Chronicles 1:3 as the court of the priests, and the court of the Israelites, in which latter the people in common stood: after these David longed; he longed to enter into them, and stand in them, and worship...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: Those children of God, who have been for even a little while exiled from the court of the Lord, prize them all the more when they get back to them. Psa_84:2. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. There gets to be so deep a longing to appear once more in the house of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. A little starving brings on an appetite for health-giving food, and a brief absence from the house of God, through sickness, or by reason of distance, makes a Christian sigh and cry for the dainties of the divine table. Even the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. His soul longed until, as it were, it grew pale, — for so the Hebrew may be rendered, — it grew white with faintness in the intensity of his desire to get up to the courts where God was to be found. God is a King, his ancient...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,.... One or other of the houses of men, where to build its nest; or its nest itself is called an house, as it seems to be explained in the next clause: the word here used signifies any bird; we translate it a "sparrow", and so Kimchi; the Targum renders it the "dove"; but the Midrash is, "it is not said as a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, — She is such a bold bird that she comes and picks up a crumb or two even in the courts of God’s house; so, Lord, let me be one of thy sparrows today: “ Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,” — Psa_84:3. And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. The psalmist envies even the birds that twitter around the sanctuary, and wishes that he, too, had wings that he might fly to God’s altar with them, and there take up his permanent abode.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. He envies even the sparrows, which have no sort of bashfulness, but boldly enter God’s house, and find a house for themselves there. O Lord, make me like the sparrows, blessed in finding...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea. the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. These little birds, so insignificant in themselves, were full of holy courage, and with sweet familiarity they came even into the sacred place. They hung upon the caves of God’s house, they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house,.... The house of God, in his tabernacles and courts; referring to the priests and Levites, who were frequently officiating there, in their turns, night and day; and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Gibeon, where the ark and tabernacle were, who had frequent opportunities of attendance on divine worship:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. The psalmist felt that those who were always in the house of the Lord must always be full of music. I am afraid that it is not so in all cases, yet it should be so.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: The psalmist meant those priests who lived in the temple; and, in a spiritual sense, his words apply to those who dwell in God wherever they are, and who can truly sing, — “Where’er we dwell, we dwell in thee, Or on the land or on the sea.” “Blessed are they that dwell in thy house;” — Psa_84:4. They will...