“O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.”
A direct prayer to God: "O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!" The personal petition shifts from descriptive praise of pilgrimage to a direct address requesting God's attention. The repetition of God titles emphasizes the intimacy and urgency of the prayer.
Church Fathers on Psalms 84:8
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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