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Psalms 84:1
1How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!
Psalms 84:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Context of Psalms 84:1
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
Read all of Psalms 84Psalms 84:1 word by word
מַה־יְּדִיד֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 84:1
- Psalms 8:1Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
- Psalms 81:1Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
- Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
- Psalms 27:4One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
- Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 122:1I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Hebrews 9:23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Revelation 21:2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
- Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
- 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.
- Nehemiah 9:6You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
- Isaiah 6:2Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
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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