Psalms 84
12 verses
Psalm 84 is a hymn celebrating the temple's beauty and expressing longing for God's presence as defining passion, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 3. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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2
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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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.
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4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
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7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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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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11
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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12
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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