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Text -- Psalms 84:1-12 (NET)
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Psalm 84
84:1 For the music director ; according to the gittith style ; written by the Korahites , a psalm . How lovely is the place where you live , O Lord who rules over all !
84:2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God .
84:3 Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest , where she can protect her young near your altars , O Lord who rules over all , my king and my God .
84:4 How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually ! (Selah )
84:5 How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
84:6 As they pass through the Baca Valley , he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water .
84:7 They are sustained as they travel along ; each one appears before God in Zion .
84:8 O Lord , sovereign God , hear my prayer ! Listen , O God of Jacob ! (Selah )
84:9 O God , take notice of our shield ! Show concern for your chosen king !
84:10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked .
84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector . The Lord bestows favor and honor ; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity .
84:12 O Lord who rules over all , how blessed are those who trust in you!
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Music |
Psalms |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Church |
Readings, Select |
Music, Instrumental |
Gittith |
Worship |
Swallow |
Sparrow |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 3 |
Baca |
Shield |
Glory |
Blessing |
Faith |
Righteous |
Affections |
Sun |
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HEBREWS |
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NET Notes -> Psa 84:1; Psa 84:1; Psa 84:1; Psa 84:1; Psa 84:2; Psa 84:2; Psa 84:2; Psa 84:3; Psa 84:3; Psa 84:3; Psa 84:4; Psa 84:5; Psa 84:5; Psa 84:6; Psa 84:6; Psa 84:6; Psa 84:6; Psa 84:6; Psa 84:7; Psa 84:7; Psa 84:8; Psa 84:9; Psa 84:9; Psa 84:10; Psa 84:10; Psa 84:10; Psa 84:10; Psa 84:11; Psa 84:11; Psa 84:11; Psa 84:12; Psa 84:12
NET Notes: Psa 84:1 Traditionally, “Lord of hosts.” The title draws attention to God’s sovereign position (see Ps 69:6).
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NET Notes: Psa 84:3 The psalmist here romanticizes the temple as a place of refuge and safety. As he thinks of the birds nesting near its roof, he envisions them finding ...
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NET Notes: Psa 84:4 The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see v. 12 ...
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NET Notes: Psa 84:5 Heb “roads [are] in their heart[s].” The roads are here those that lead to Zion (see v. 7).
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NET Notes: Psa 84:6 Pools of water. Because water is so necessary for life, it makes an apt symbol for divine favor and blessing. As the pilgrims traveled to Jerusalem, G...
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NET Notes: Psa 84:7 The psalmist returns to the singular (see v. 5a), which he uses in either a representative or distributive (“each one” ) sense.
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NET Notes: Psa 84:9 Heb “look [on] the face of your anointed one.” The Hebrew phrase מְשִׁיחֶךָ (m...
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