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 you, no doubt, recollect how it is recorded that «the children of Korah died not.» Why they were spa... [ Continue Reading ]
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 courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God._ Perhaps the psalmist would ne... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Thy tabernacles are so lovely to us because thou dost meet us there.» Psalms 84:2. _My soul longeth,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 songs as this in the time of the treading out of the grapes. Oh, that the day were come when the common... [ Continue Reading ]