Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 84:5
Blessed [is] the man whose (d) strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].
(d) Who trusts nothing in himself but in you only, and learns from you to rule his life.
Blessed [is] the man whose (d) strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].
(d) Who trusts nothing in himself but in you only, and learns from you to rule his life.
Verse Psalms 84:5. _THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH_ IS _IN THEE_] "Who life and strength from thee derives; And by thee moves and in thee lives." _IN WHOSE HEART_ ARE _THE WAYS OF THEM_] This is no sense....
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE - Not merely are they blessed who dwell there permanently, but the man also whose heart is there; who feels that his strength is in God alone who loves to...
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...
MAN: i.e. any one; not priest or Levite merely. Hebrew. _'adam._ ARE THE WAYS OF THEM. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "in whose heart are [Thy] highways" [leading thereunto]....
Happy are the men whose strength is in thee; In whose hearts are the highways (to Zion). Happy are those whose minds are wholly set on pilgrimage to Zion. The phrase is peculiar and _to Zion_must be...
Yet not only those are happy, who reside within the precincts of the Temple, but those who in the strength of God surmounting every obstacle appear in His Presence and offer their prayers....
BLESSED IS THE MAN, &C.— These words may be rendered, _Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; the highways are in the midst of them: Who, passing through the valley of Baca, turn it into a spri...
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...
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 tro...
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...
THE WAYS _of them'_] RV 'the high ways _to Zion._' The reference is to Israelites whose hearts are set on the journey to Jerusalem....
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" ...
BLESSED IS THE MAN. — Or collective, _men,_ as the suffix, _their_ hearts, shows. WAYS. — From a root meaning _to cast up_ — and so _highways_ marked by the heaps of stone piled up at the side (Isaiah...
(5-7) In these verses, as in the analogous picture (Isaiah 35:6; comp. Hosea 2:15), there is a blending of the real and the figurative; the _actual_ journey towards Sion is represented as accompanied...
_[Psalms 84:6]_ אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם עֹֽוז ־לֹ֥ו בָ֑ךְ...
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...
_Convert. Bring back the remnant of thy people, dispersed through the world. Only a few returned under Cyrus; the rest came back by degrees principally during the reigns of Hystaspes and Alexander the...
It is from the very striking manner in which this verse is introduced, and the singular manner adopted in the words of it, that I ventured to make the observations I did make in the opening of this Ps...
5_Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. _David again informs us, that the purpose for which he desired liberty of access to the sanctuary was, not merely to gratify his eyes with what was to b...
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...
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE, e.] Or, "for thee", as some choose to render the words who have bodily strength from the Lord, for his worship and service, to go up to his house, and ser...
Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them]. Ver. 5. _Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee_] _i.e._ Who is enabled by thee, both in body and mind...
_Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee_ Who trusteth in thee as his only refuge, strength, and portion. Or, _who had strength in_, or rather, _for_, (as the Hebrew ב, _beth_, frequently signifi...
Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee, the might of the All-powerful being made perfect in his own weakness; IN WHOSE HEART ARE THE WAYS OF THEM, in whose thoughts were not only the pilgrim rou...
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...
1-7 The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the...
WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE; who trusteth in thee as his only strength, and refuge, and portion. Or, _who hath strength in_ (or rather _for_, as the Hebrew prefix _beth_ is frequently used, as hath been...
Psalms 84:5 Blessed H835 man H120 strength H5797 heart H3824 pilgrimage H4546 strength - Psalms 28:7-8;...
Psalms 84:5 I. Every true Christian must expect to have his own private "valley of Baca." (1) But even this shows the intelligence which is resident in our trials. Nothing happens; all is ordered. And...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee._ SOUL STRENGTH I. It springs from a special connection with God. “Whose strength is in Thee.” In what does a soul’s strength consist? 1. Disinterested...
_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...
2 Corinthians 12:9; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 45:24; Jeremiah 31:33;...
Whose strength — Who trusteth in thee as his only strength. Thy ways — Blessed are they whose hearts are set upon Zion and their journey is thither....