Psalms 84:3-12

84:3

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.]

84:4

blessed <0835> [Blessed.]

praise <01984> [they will.]

84:5

strength <05797> [strength.]

<03824> [in whose.]

84:6

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.]

84:7

<03212> [They.]

sustained <02428> [strength to strength. Heb. company to company.]

Zion <06726> [in Zion.]

84:9

shield <04043> [our.]

<06440> [the face.]

84:10

day <03117> [For.]

would rather <0977> [I had, etc. Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold.]

live <01752> [to dwell.]

84:11

protector <08121> [a sun.]

protector <04043> [shield.]

Lord ........ Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

good <02896> [no.]

integrity <01980> [walk.]

84:12

blessed <0835> [blessed.]