Psalms 84
1 The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary,
4 shews how blessed they are that dwell therein.
8 He prays to be restored unto it.
gittith style <01665> [A.M. 3469. B.C. 535. (Title.) Gittith.]
psalm <04210> [A Psalm.]
Some suppose this Psalm was composed by David when driven from Jerusalem by Absalom's rebellion: but it is more probable that it was written at the foundation of the second temple.
Korahites <01121> [for. or, of.]
lovely <03039> [How.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
<05315> [soul.]
heart <03820> [heart.]
birds <06833> [Yea, etc.]
Or, rather, "Even as the sparrow findeth a house, and the swallow ({deror,} or the ring-dove, according to some, but probably the bird which Forskal mentions among the migratory birds of Alexandria, by the name of {dururi}) a nest for herself where she may lay her young, (so I seek) thine altars, O Jehovah, God of hosts, my King and my God." That is, as nature inclines birds to seek and prepare their nests, so grace has taught me to desire thy altars, and to worship there.
birds <06833> [sparrow.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
praise <01984> [they will.]
strength <05797> [strength.]
<03824> [in whose.]
pass <05674> [Who.]
Baca <01056> [Baca, etc. or, mulberry-trees, make him a well, etc.]
{Baca} is probably a large shrub, which the Arabs still call {baca,} (see on 2 Sa 5:23;) and this valley, as Celsius observes, seems to be one "embarrassed with [such] bushes and thorns, which could not be passed without labour and tears,"--{bacah,} as 7 MSS., Aquila, and Vulgate read.
water <04175> [the rain.]
covers <05844> [filleth. Heb. covereth.]
<03212> [They.]
sustained <02428> [strength to strength. Heb. company to company.]
Zion <06726> [in Zion.]
shield <04043> [our.]
<06440> [the face.]
day <03117> [For.]
would rather <0977> [I had, etc. Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold.]
live <01752> [to dwell.]
protector <08121> [a sun.]
protector <04043> [shield.]
Lord ........ Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
good <02896> [no.]
integrity <01980> [walk.]
blessed <0835> [blessed.]
