New English Translation
Psalms 84:1
1How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
Psalms 84:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
- New International Version (NIV)How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!
- English Standard Version (ESV)How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
- New King James Version (NKJV)How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts!
Context of Psalms 84:1
How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all! 2I 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. 3Even 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.
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מַה־יְּדִיד֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 84:1
- Psalms 8:1O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
- Psalms 81:1Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!
- Psalms 36:8They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
- Psalms 27:4I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
- Psalms 48:1The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
- Psalms 122:1I was glad because they said to me, “We will go to the Lord’s temple.”
- Hebrews 9:23So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.
- Revelation 21:2And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
- Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!
- 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
- Nehemiah 9:6You alone are the lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
- Isaiah 6:2Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.
Commentaries on Psalms 84:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1How amiable are thy tabernacles - In this plural noun he appears to include all the places in or near the temple where acts of Divine worship were performed. The holy of holies, the holy place, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt-offering, etc., etc.; all called here God's tabernacles or dwelling-places; for wherever God was worshipped, there he was supposed to dwell.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1How amiable - How much to he loved; how lovely. The word amiable is now used to denote a quality of mind or disposition - as gentle, affectionate, kind. The word used here, however in the original, means rather dear, beloved - as a token of endearment. Compare the notes at the title to Matthew 21:12, following. O Lord of hosts! - Yahweh of hosts; Yahweh, controlling - ruling - guiding - marshalling - all the armies of heaven and earth: compare the notes…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist expresses his affection to the ordinances of God. (1-7) His desire towards the God of the ordinances. (8-12) Verses 1-7 The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but how can men desire to enter that holy habitation…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The psalmist is far from the temple. He turns toward it in hopeful reflection.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. amiable--not lovely, but beloved. tabernacles--(Psa 43:3).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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