Chapter 84

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A Psalm Some suppose this Psalm was composed by David when driven from Jerusalem by Absalom's rebellion, but it is more probable that it was written at the foundation of the second temple.

for or, of

How Ps 36:8, Ps 27:4, Ps 48:1-2, Ps 87:2-3, Ps 122:1; Heb 9:23-24; Rev 21:2-3, Rev 21:22-23

O Lord Ps 103:20-21; 1Kgs 22:19; Neh 9:6; Isa 6:2-3


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soul Ps 42:1-2, Ps 63:1-2, Ps 73:26, Ps 119:20, Ps 119:81, Ps 143:6; Song 2:4-5, Song 5:8

heart Job 23:3; Isa 26:9, Isa 64:1


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Yea etc. Or, rather, "Even as the sparrow findeth a house, and the swallow (deror, or the ring-dove, according to some, but probably the bird which Forskal mentions among the migratory birds of Alexandria, by the name of dururi) a nest for herself where she may lay her young (so I seek) thine altars, O Jehovah, God of hosts, my King and my God." That is, as nature inclines birds to seek and prepare their nests, so grace has taught me to desire thy altars, and to worship there.

sparrow Ps 90:1, Ps 91:1, Ps 116:7; Matt 8:20, Matt 23:37


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Blessed Ps 23:6, Ps 27:4, Ps 65:4, Ps 134:1-3

they will Ps 71:8, Ps 71:15, Ps 145:1-2, Ps 145:21; Isa 12:4-5; Rev 7:15


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strength Ps 28:7-8; Isa 45:24; Zech 10:12; 2Cor 12:9; Phil 4:13

in whose Ps 40:8, Ps 42:4, Ps 55:14; Isa 26:9; Jer 31:33, Jer 50:4-5; Mic 4:2


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Who Ps 66:10-12; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Rom 5:3-5, Rom 8:37; 2Cor 4:17; Rev 7:14

Baca etc. or, mulberry-trees, make him a well, etc. Baca is probably a large shrub, which the Arabs still call baca, (see note on 2Sam 5:23); and this valley, as Celsius observes, seems to be one "embarrassed with (such) bushes and thorns, which could not be passed without labour and tears" - bacah, as 7; MSS, LXX, Aquila, and Vulgate read. 2Sam 5:22-24

the rain Ps 68:9; 2Kgs 3:9-20

filleth Heb. covereth


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They Job 17:9; Prov 4:18; Isa 40:31; John 15:2; 2Cor 3:18; 2Pet 3:18

strength to strength Heb. company to company, Luke 2:24

in Zion Ps 43:3; Deut 16:16; Isa 46:13; Jer 31:6; Zech 14:16; John 6:39, John 14:3; 1Thess 4:17


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our Ps 84:11, Ps 98:1; Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29

the face Ps 2:2, Ps 2:6 *marg. Ps 89:20; 1Sam 2:10; 2Sam 23:1; 2Chr 6:42; Acts 4:27


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For Ps 84:1-2, Ps 27:4, Ps 43:3-4, Ps 63:2; Luke 2:46; Rom 8:5-6; Phil 3:20

I had etc. Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold, Jas 2:3

to dwell Ps 17:14-15, Ps 26:8-10, Ps 141:4-5


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a sun Ps 27:1; Isa 60:19-20; Mal 4:2; John 1:9, John 8:12; Rev 21:23

shield Ps 84:9, Ps 3:3, Ps 47:9, Ps 115:9-11, Ps 119:114; Gen 15:1; Prov 2:7

the Lord John 1:16; Rom 8:16-18; 2Cor 3:18, 2Cor 4:17; Phil 1:6

no Ps 34:9-10, Ps 85:12; Matt 6:33; Phil 4:19

walk Ps 15:2; Prov 2:7, Prov 10:9, Prov 28:6, Prov 28:18; Mic 2:7; Gal 2:14


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blessed Ps 2:12, Ps 34:8, Ps 62:8, Ps 146:5-6; Isa 30:18, Isa 50:10; Jer 17:7-8


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