Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 84:9
Look — Cast a favourable eye towards him. Anointed — Of me, who though a vile sinner, am thine anointed king.
Look — Cast a favourable eye towards him. Anointed — Of me, who though a vile sinner, am thine anointed king.
Verse Psalms 84:9. _BEHOLD, O GOD, OUR SHIELD_] We have no Protector but thee. Thou seest the deadly blows that are aimed at us; cover our souls; protect our lives! _LOOK UPON THE FACE OF THINE ANOI...
BEHOLD, O GOD OUR SHIELD - Our defense, as a shield is a defense in the day of battle. Compare Psalms 5:12, note; Psalms 18:2, note; Psalms 33:20, note. It is an appeal to God as a protector. The psal...
PSALM 84-89 Psalms 84 In View of the Sanctuary _ 1. Heart longings (Psalms 84:1)_ 2. In the sanctuary (Psalms 84:8) The two next Psalms are of the sons of Korah, who themselves are monuments of s...
LXXXIV. A PILGRIM PSALM. Psalms 84:3. sparrow (rather little bird generally) and SWALLOW are metaphorical for pious Jewish pilgrims. As the birds find their nests and homes, so the Jew, worthy of the...
SHIELD: i.e. God's provision in Messiah. He is our Shield (Genesis 15:1). Faith's shield (Ephesians 6:16). This shield includes: (1) Favour (Psalms 5:12); (2) Salvation ...
The Psalmist's prayer for favourable audience in Psalms 84:8 is succeeded, after a musical interlude (_selah_), by a prayer offered by all the pilgrims together. Contrast - _our_shield" with - _my_pra...
The pilgrims" prayer, and the ground of their confidence....
PSALMS 84 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Longing of a Levite for the Habitations of Jehovah in Zion, with Inspiring Memories of a Past Pilgrimage and Exultant Joy in Renewed Service. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psa...
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 rest...
OUR SHIELD] This phrase may either refer to God (see Psalms 84:11) or to the king, in parallelism with 'thine anointed' in the following clause: see Psalms 89:18 RV. LOOK UPON THE FACE] regard with fa...
This Ps. sets forth the attractiveness of the Temple and its worship (Psalms 84:1), and the happiness of the pilgrims who gather to it from different parts of the land (Psalms 84:5). After a prayer fo...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ JOURNEY TO ZION PSALMS 84 Jesus said, "Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head" ...
SHIELD.... ANOINTED. — These are here in direct parallelism. So in Psalms 89:18. (See Note, and comp. Psalms 47:9, Note.)...
_[Psalms 84:10]_ מָ֭גִנֵּנוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝ הַבֵּ֗ט...
Psalms 84:1 THE same longing for and delight in the sanctuary which found pathetic expression in Psalms 42:1 and Psalms 43:1, inspire this psalm. Like these, it is ascribed in the superscription to th...
LONGING FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD Psalms 84:1 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...
This is a pilgrim psalm. It falls into three strophes divided by Selahs. The first describes the pilgrim's hope (vv. Psa 84:1-4); the second, the pilgrim's experience (vv. Psa 84:5-8); the third, pilg...
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine (g) anointed. (g) That is, for Christ's sake, whose figure I represent....
Hear. Hitherto the prophet had been distracted by the thought of his people's misery. (St. Augustine) --- In me, is not expressed in Hebrew. --- Heart. Some of the ancients add, "to him." (Calmet) ---...
No one can be at a loss to explain this verse, which contains an immediate address to God in the name of Christ. For who is God's anointed but Jesus? Here is a verse all over gospel. No New Testament...
Psalms 84 contemplates the blessedness of going up to the courts of Jehovah, yet, in the figurative allusion to the road thither, refers to the path of tears which His people have had to tread towards...
BEHOLD, O GOD OUR SHIELD,.... Which may be considered either as the character of God, who is addressed, who was David's shield, and the shield of his people, to protect and defend them from their enem...
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Ver. 9. _Behold_] Not only hear, Psalms 34:15, with the note. _ Look upon the face of thine anointed_] _Christi, cuius festina adv...
Psa. 84:9. "Behold, O God, our shield." [For this use of the] word 'behold,' see 2 Chronicles 6:42, and Psalms 132:10. Psa. 89:15...
_O Lord God of hosts_ Who canst easily remove and subdue those enemies who banish and keep me from the place of thy worship; _hear my prayer_ In restoring me to thy house and service; which is my chie...
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 o...
Behold, O God. our Shield, the great Protector of His children, AND LOOK UPON THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED, the reference here probably being to David during one of the periods when he was forced to fle...
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 th...
LOOK UPON THE FACE; do not turn away thine eyes from him, as men do from those whom they hate or despise, but cast a favourable eye towards him. By _face_ he means either his person, the word face bei...
Psalms 84:9 God H430 behold H7200 (H8798) shield H4043 look H5027 (H8685) face H6440 anointed H4899 ou
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is thought, by some interpreters, that Gittith signifies the winepress. They must have been a very godly people who sang such song...
Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!_ «Though they are only tabernacles, temporary structures that are soon to be taken down, and carried away, they are very dear to us. Th...
May the Spirit of God bless to us every syllable of this familiar Psalm as we read it! Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the cour...
A Psalm for the sons of Korah. You remember how Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were destroyed because of their rebellion against the Lord, and their revolt against his chosen servant, Moses and Aaron, and...
CONTENTS: Testimony to God's goodness and the happiness of those who put their confidence in Him. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, Jacob. CONCLUSION: True subjects love the courts of their King. Favored in...
Though the writer of this psalm is not named in the title, yet it is not doubted but David was the author. Psalms 84:1. _How amiable are thy tabernacles._ The word is plural, for the tabernacle had th...
_How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! _ A GOOD MAN IN RELATION TO THE SCENES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP I. As deprived of these privileges. In his deprivation he reveals-- 1. A devout admiratio...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 84:1. This is a psalm celebrating pilgrimage to Jerusalem to worship at the temple. It is very much like the hymns in praise of Zion as God’s special place (e.g.,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 84:5 Those who make the journey to Zion to worship are BLESSED. Their STRENGTH IS IN God, to sustain them on the way. The HIGHWAYS are in their hearts, which pro
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Gittith_.” (See Introduction to Psalms 81) “_A Psalm for the sons of Korah_.” (See Introduction to Psalms 42) _Occasion_.—The Psalm was evi...
EXPOSITION This psalm, attributed (see title) to the "sons of Korah," or the Korahite Levites (see 1 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 20:19), describes the blessedness of their position as dwellers in th...
Psa 84:1-12 is a beautiful psalm of the tabernacles of God. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for...
1 Samuel 2:10; 2 Chronicles 6:42; 2 Samuel 23:1; Acts 4:27;...