Discovery BoxPsalms 26:8
Context26:8 O Lord, I love the temple where you live, 1
the place where your splendor is revealed. 2
Psalms 27:4
Context27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –
this is what I desire!
I want to live 3 in the Lord’s house 4 all the days of my life,
so I can gaze at the splendor 5 of the Lord
and contemplate in his temple.
Psalms 63:1-2
ContextA psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. 7
63:1 O God, you are my God! I long for you! 8
My soul thirsts 9 for you,
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched 10 land where there is no water.
63:2 Yes, 11 in the sanctuary I have seen you, 12
and witnessed 13 your power and splendor.
Psalms 84:5
Context84:5 How blessed are those who 14 find their strength in you,
and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple! 15
Psalms 84:10
Context84:10 Certainly 16 spending just one day in your temple courts is better
than spending a thousand elsewhere. 17
I would rather stand at the entrance 18 to the temple of my God
than live 19 in the tents of the wicked.
Psalms 84:1
ContextFor the music director; according to the gittith style; 21 written by the Korahites, a psalm.
84:1 How lovely is the place where you live, 22
O Lord who rules over all! 23
Psalms 3:1
ContextA psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. 25
3:1 Lord, how 26 numerous are my enemies!
Many attack me. 27
Psalms 3:1
ContextA psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. 29
3:1 Lord, how 30 numerous are my enemies!
Many attack me. 31
Psalms 5:2
Context5:2 Pay attention to my cry for help,
my king and my God,
for I am praying to you!
[26:8] 1 tn Heb “the dwelling of your house.”
[26:8] 2 tn Heb “the place of the abode of your splendor.”
[27:4] 4 sn The
[63:1] 6 sn Psalm 63. The psalmist expresses his intense desire to be in God’s presence and confidently affirms that God will judge his enemies.
[63:1] 7 sn According to the psalm superscription David wrote the psalm while in the “wilderness of Judah.” Perhaps this refers to the period described in 1 Sam 23-24 or to the incident mentioned in 2 Sam 15:23.
[63:1] 8 tn Or “I will seek you.”
[63:1] 10 tn Heb “faint” or “weary.” This may picture the land as “faint” or “weary,” or it may allude to the effect this dry desert has on those who are forced to live in it.
[63:2] 11 tn The Hebrew particle כֵּן (ken) is used here to stress the following affirmation (see Josh 2:4).
[63:2] 12 tn The perfect verbal form is understood here as referring to a past experience which the psalmist desires to be repeated. Another option is to take the perfect as indicating the psalmist’s certitude that he will again stand in God’s presence in the sanctuary. In this case one can translate, “I will see you.”
[63:2] 13 tn Heb “seeing.” The preposition with the infinitive construct here indicates an accompanying circumstance.
[84:5] 14 tn Heb “[Oh] the happiness [of] the man.” Hebrew literature often assumes and reflects the male-oriented perspective of ancient Israelite society. The principle stated here was certainly applicable to all people, regardless of their gender or age. To facilitate modern application, we translate the gender and age specific “man” with the plural “those.” The individual referred to in v. 5a is representative of followers of God, as the use of plural forms in vv. 5b-7 indicates.
[84:5] 15 tn Heb “roads [are] in their heart[s].” The roads are here those that lead to Zion (see v. 7).
[84:10] 17 tn Heb “better is a day in your courts than a thousand [spent elsewhere].”
[84:10] 18 tn Heb “I choose being at the entrance of the house of my God over living in the tents of the wicked.” The verb סָפַף (safaf) appears only here in the OT; it is derived from the noun סַף (saf, “threshold”). Traditionally some have interpreted this as a reference to being a doorkeeper at the temple, though some understand it to mean “lie as a beggar at the entrance to the temple” (see HALOT 765 s.v. ספף).
[84:10] 19 tn The verb דּוּר (dur, “to live”) occurs only here in the OT.
[84:1] 20 sn Psalm 84. The psalmist expresses his desire to be in God’s presence in the Jerusalem temple, for the Lord is the protector of his people.
[84:1] 21 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הַגִּתִּית (haggittit) is uncertain; it probably refers to a musical style or instrument.
[84:1] 22 tn Or “your dwelling place[s].” The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; this is the
[84:1] 23 tn Traditionally, “
[3:1] 24 sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).
[3:1] 25 sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).
[3:1] 26 tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).
[3:1] 27 tn Heb “many rise up against me.”
[3:1] 28 sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).
[3:1] 29 sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).
[3:1] 30 tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).
