“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”
The longing intensifies: "My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God." The whole self—soul, heart, flesh—is oriented toward the sanctuary. The physical response (fainting) and joyful singing indicate an emotional and bodily engagement with longing for divine presence.
Church Fathers on Psalms 84:2
1. This Psalm is entitled, “For the winepresses.” And, as you observed with me, my beloved (for I saw that you attended most closely), nothing is said in its text either of any press, or wine-basket, or vat, or of any of the instruments or the building of a winepress; nothing of this kind did we hear read; so that it is no easy question what is the meaning of this title inscribed upon it, “for the winepresses.” For certainly, if after the title it mentioned anything about…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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