Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 84:6
[Who] passing through the valley of (c) Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
(c) So that the poor birds have more freedom than I.
[Who] passing through the valley of (c) Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
(c) So that the poor birds have more freedom than I.
Verse Psalms 84:6. _PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF BACA MAKE IT A WELL_] Instead of _bacha_, a _mulberry-tree, seven_ MSS. have בכה _becheh, mourning_. I believe _Baca_ to be the same here as _Bochim_...
WHO PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF BACA - This is one of the most difficult verses in the Book of Psalms, and has been, of course, very variously interpreted. The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, Luth...
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...
OF BACA. of weeping. All the ancient versions so render it. MAKE IT. Septuagint reads "He maketh it". A WELL. a place of springs. RAIN. the early rain....
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....
Passing through the vale of Baca they make it a place of springs, Yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings. The word _Baca_is derived from the root which means _to weep_, but it nowhere means...
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...
84:6 Baca, (e-6) Or 'of weeping.' rain (f-15) See Deuteronomy 11:14 . The autumn rain. the _ first_ with reference to the time of sowing....
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...
BACA] RM 'balsam trees,' which grow in dry situations. This fact gives the v. its point. The pilgrim heart finds refreshment even on thirsty ground. A WELL] RV 'a place of springs.' THE RAIN.. POOLS]...
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" ...
(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...
WHO PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF BACA. — All the ancient versions have “valley of weeping,” which, through the Vulg. _vallis lacrymosa,_ has passed into the religious language of Europe as a synonym...
_[Psalms 84:7]_ עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּ עֵ֣מֶק הַ֭ בָּכָא...
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...
_Ever. The Pythagoreans settled their differences before sunset. (Plut.) --- "Cherish not, mortals, an immortal wrath." (Arist. Rhet. ii. 21.) (Haydock) --- As long, O God, as we see not our brethren...
What though the people of God have a wilderness to go through, Baca, a weeping place, and are themselves as Bochim, weepers, Judges 2:5; nevertheless, while coming up out of it, leaning upon, looking...
6_They passing through the valley of weeping, will together make it a well. _The meaning of the Psalmist is, that no impediments can prevent the enlightened and courageous worshippers of God from maki...
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...
WHO PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF BACA,.... Kimchi interprets it a valley of springs, or fountains, taking the word to be of the same signification as in Job 38:16, and mention being made of a well an...
Psalms 84:6 [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Ver. 6. _Who passing through the valley of Baca_] εν τη κοιλαδι του κλαυθμωνος (Sept.). That is,...
_Who passing_ Or, _being used to pass;_ for he seems not to speak of one particular act, but of a common course or custom; _through the valley of Baca_ A place so called, which some Jewish and other w...
who, passing through the Valley of Baca, the vale of tears, the picture being that of the toilsome ascent to the hill upon which Jerusalem is situated, MAKE IT A WELL, the divine blessing accompanying...
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...
OF BACA, MAKE IT A WELL: Or, of mulberry trees make him a well etc. FILLETH: _ Heb._ covereth...
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...
PASSING; or, _being used to pass_; for he seems not to speak of one particular act, but of a common course or custom. BACA; a place, so called, which some Jewish and other writers affirm to have been...
Psalms 84:6 pass H5674 (H8802) Valley H6010 Baca H1056 (H8676) H1057 make H7896 (H8799) spring...
BACA Or, weeping. Not a literal valley, but any place of tears. Compare (Psalms 23:4)....
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 4:17; 2 Kings 3:9; 2 Samuel 5:22; Acts 14:22; John
Baca — A dry valley in the way to Jerusalem, here put for all places of like nature. Make a well — They dig divers little pits or wells in it for their relief. The rain — God recompenses their diligen...