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Psalm 84:1-2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 84 · verses 1–2
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Psalm 84:1-2 · King James Version
Psalm 84:1-2 in context
1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3Yea, the sparrow hath found an 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.
4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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Key words (Strong's)
- tabernaclesmishkâna residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908 →
- faintethkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- amiableyᵉdîydlovedH3039 →
- longethkâçaphproperly, to become paleH3700 →
- courtschâtsêra yardH2691 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
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The psalmist here, being by force restrained from waiting upon God in public ordinances, by the want of them is brought under a more sensible conviction than ever of the worth of them. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7