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Psalms 84
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My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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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.
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For 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.
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For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
Psalm 84 expresses a deep longing for the house of God. It declares that a single day in God’s courts is better than a thousand elsewhere and that God is a "sun and shield."
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. The Blessedness of Presence: "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house" (v. 4). True happiness is found in proximity to God.2. Strength to Strength: Those whose strength is in God go "from strength to strength" (v. 7), even when passing through the valley of Baca (weeping).
Practical Lessons
FORMAL PRAYER
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory. Amen.