psalm-84:11

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 84:1-12

Psalms 84:1-12THE same longing for and delight in the sanctuary which found pathetic expression in Psalms 42:1-11 and Psalms 43:1-5, inspire this psalm. Like these, it is ascribed in the superscription to the Korachites, whose office of door keepers in the Temple seems alluded to in Psalms 84:10. To infer, however, identity of authorship from similarity of tone is hazardous. The differences are as obvious as the resemblances. As Cheyne well says, "the notes of the singer of Psalms 42:1-11 and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 84:1-12

Psalm 84-89 Psalms 84:0 In View of the Sanctuary 1. Heart longings (Psalms 84:1-7 ) 2. In the sanctuary (Psalms 84:8-12 ) The two next Psalms are of the sons of Korah, who themselves are monuments of saving grace. (They were saved from the fate of Korah; see Numbers 26:10-11 .) In these precious outpourings of the heart for the sanctuary of the Lord, we read prophetically the heart longings of the remnant of Israel. They are not yet in possession of the fullest blessings but look forward... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 84:11

84:11 For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no {i} good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.(i) But will from time to time increase his blessings toward his more and more. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 84:1-12

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 84:11

A precious view, this, in the double sense of it; and which plainly shows to whom it peculiarly belongs. Jehovah Elohim, in his threefold character of person, is all this abundantly. What signifies our darkness when Jesus is the light and the life of the soul? What power have enemies when Jesus becomes a shield? And if he give grace, he will also give glory; for grace is the Spirit's earnest and pledge of glory. It is the token of divine assurance. Grace here is to glory hereafter, as the bud... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 84:11

Kissed. Or, "embraced," like friends, as the ancient psalters read. The people practised these virtues after the captivity, and more particularly in the Church of Christ. (Calmet) --- At the time appointed, He reconciled sinners to his Father, having satisfied his justice, (Berthier) and displayed his own mercy. (Menochius) --- Thus justice is strictly observed, and peace made between God and man. (Worthington) --- The justice of the Father and the mercy of the Son kiss each other. (Du Hamel)... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 84:8-12

8-12 In all our addresses to God, we must desire that he would look on Christ, his Anointed One, and accept us for his sake: we must look to Him with faith, and then God will with favour look upon the face of the Anointed: we, without him, dare not show our faces. The psalmist pleads love to God's ordinances. Let us account one day in God's courts better than a thousand spent elsewhere; and deem the meanest place in his service preferable to the highest earthly preferment. We are here in... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 84:1-12

Longing for the Beauty of the Word of God. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be used in public worship with the accompaniment of a stringed instrument brought by David from the Philistine city of Gath, a psalm for the sons of Korah, one of the members of this family having been the author of this hymn praising the worship of the true God. v. 1. How amiable are Thy tabernacles, the places where God revealed Himself being both worthy of love and beloved by those who realize their... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 84:1-12

Psalms 84:0To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah2 How amiable are thy tabernacles,O Lord of hosts!3 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord:My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.4 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts,My King, and my God.5 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:They will be still praising thee.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 84:1-12

Longing for the House of God Psalms 84:1-12 This is one of the sweetest of the Psalms. David probably composed it during his absence from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom’s rebellion, though its final form may have been due to the sons of Korah. It is divided into three parts by the Selahs . They who dwell in thy house , Psalms 84:1-4 . The psalmist envies the winged things that rest in those hallowed precincts, and how much more the priests and Levites who serve there! Foxes have holes... read more