“Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.”
Those who dwell in the sanctuary are blessed: "Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise!" The blessing is not a one-time event but an ongoing condition: those who permanently dwell in or have regular access to the sanctuary experience perpetual happiness and praise. The perpetual singing suggests that life in God's house is fundamentally characterized by thanksgiving.
Church Fathers on Psalms 84:4
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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