How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! Psalms 84:1.-Meditation on the blessedness of dwelling in God's house (Psalms 84:1); prayer on the ground that Yahweh giveth grace and glory to them that trust in Him (Psalms 84:8). The sons of Korah sang this psalm, as from the soul of David. Com... [ Continue Reading ]
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. MY SOUL LONGETH, YEA, EVEN FAINTETH FOR THE COURTS OF THE LORD. "Courts" is a poetical plural for the one court, to which the general worhippers (as distinguished from the priests)... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. -Second part of the First strophe. The rich consolation in God which belongs to believers, like David, even in trouble. Verse 5. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE; IN WHOSE HEART (ARE) THE WAYS (OF THEM... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. GIVE EAR, O GOD OF JACOB. This title implies a plea for being heard, on the ground of God's covenanted grace to the people of Jacob.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. BEHOLD, O GOD OUR SHIELD. In the Hebrew, "our shield" stands first for emphasis: all our hope of being shielded from the foe rests on thee: "behold," therefore, all the circumstances of our case, David uses the plural "our," not... [ Continue Reading ]
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. FOR A DAY IN THY COURTS IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND - i:e., better than a thousand elsewhere spent; namely, in the pleasures of sin and of the world (cf... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. FOR THE LORD GOD IS A SUN AND SHIELD. This assigns the reason why the favour of the Lord with poverty and exile is preferable to riches and home without God. For... [ Continue Reading ]