English Standard Version
Psalms 84:4
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
Psalms 84:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude
Context of Psalms 84:4
2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
Read all of Psalms 84Psalms 84:4 word by word
אַ֭שְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֑ךָ ע֝֗וֹד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 84:4
- Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
- Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
- Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
- Psalms 134:1Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!
- Psalms 71:8My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
- Psalms 145:1I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
- Isaiah 12:4And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- Revelation 7:15"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
Commentaries on Psalms 84:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house - They who have such a constant habitation in thy temple as the sparrow or the swallow has in the house wherein it has built its nest. They will be still praising thee - They will find it good to draw nigh unto God, as he always pours out his Spirit on his sincere worshippers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house - Who are constantly there; whose permanent abode is there. The reference is to the priests and Levites - the ministers of religion - who had their permanent abode near the tabernacle and the temple, and who were wholly devoted to the sacred duties of religion. Their lot is here spoken of as a blessed, or as a happy lot, in contradistinction from those who had only the opportunity of occasionally going up to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The priests and those who worked in the temple also lived there.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. This view is favored by the language here, which, as in Psa 15:1; 23:6, recognizes the blessing of membership in God's family by terms denoting a dwelling in His house.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 84
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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