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How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3
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.
4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10
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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O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms 84 Study & Commentary
Overview & Chapter Summary
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."
Theological Context & Insights
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 & Daily Application
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.