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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 with that and Psalms 43:1. It was, very probably,...
John Gill
They go from strength to strength,.... Whose strength is in the Lord, and in whose heart are his ways, and who pass through the valley of Baca, and find a well of supply, and pools of blessings there; they renew their spiritual strength; they grow stronger and stronger every step they take; the way of the Lord is strength unto them: or "from army to army", or "from company to company" (d), as...
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 his absence from, not so much because it was the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. David cannot go up with the multitude that keeps holy day; as, feeling like Jacob when he was all alone at the brook Jabbok, like him he wrestles with God for a blessing. You can hear him crying out in the wilderness: “O Jehovah God of hosts,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. Blessed are the pilgrims who are journeying to the upper Zion, the Jerusalem which is above, the mother of all the saints. The margin renders it, “They go from company to company;” or it may mean, “They go from strength of faith to greater strength,” and so they pass on, — “Till...
Charles H. Spurgeon
They go from strength to strength, They get stronger as they proceed on their happy, heavenward way. The men who love God, and who live with God, grow stronger and stronger ; — not always in body, for the flesh may be growing weaker while “the inward man is renewed day by day.” “They go from strength to strength,” or, as it is in the margin, “They go from company to company,” from the company of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. We do not know at this date what that valley of Baca was, for the land has been to so large an extent destroyed. This ancient song retains the name of the valley of Baca, but it does not explain to us where or what the place...