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Psalms 84:4
4Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah
Context of Psalms 84:4
2My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God. 3Even sparrows find a home, and swallows find a nest for themselves. There they hatch their young near your altars, O Lord of Armies, my king and my God. Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. Selah 5Blessed are those who find strength in you. Their hearts are on the road ⌞that leads to you⌟. 6As they pass through a valley where balsam trees grow, they make it a place of springs. The early rains cover it with blessings.
Read all of Psalms 84Psalms 84:4 word by word
אַ֭שְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֑ךָ ע֝֗וֹד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 84:4
- Psalms 23:6Certainly, goodness and mercy will stay close to me all the days of my life, and I will remain in the Lord’s house for days without end.
- Psalms 27:4I have asked one thing from the Lord. This I will seek: to remain in the Lord’s house all the days of my life in order to gaze at the Lord’s beauty and to search for an answer in his temple.
- Psalms 65:4Blessed is the person you choose and invite to live with you in your courtyards. We will be filled with good food from your house, from your holy temple.
- Psalms 134:1Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, all who stand in the house of the Lord night after night.
- Psalms 71:8My mouth is filled with your praise, with your glory all day long.
- Psalms 145:1I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
- Isaiah 12:4At that time you will say, “Praise the Lord. Call on his name. Make his deeds known among the nations. Make them remember that his name is highly honored.
- Revelation 7:15That is why they are in front of the throne of God. They serve him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
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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