Psalms 84:1
“To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” (84:2) How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord of hosts!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:19And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left.
Psalms 8:1“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” (8:2) O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.
Psalms 36:8(36:9) These will be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and of the stream of thy delights wilt thou give them to drink.
Psalms 43:3Send thou thy light and thy truth, these shall guide me; they shall bring me unto thy holy mountain, and to thy dwellings:
Psalms 81:1“To the chief musician upon Gittith; by Assaph.” (81:2) Sing aloud unto God our strength: shout joyfully unto the God of Jacob.
Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 84:1
Though David's name be not in the title of this psalm, yet we have reason to think he was the penman of it, because it breathes so much of his excellent spirit and is so much like the sixty-third psalm which was penned by him; it is supposed that David penned this psalm when he was forced by Absalom's rebellion to quit his city, which he lamented his absence from, not so much because it was the royal city as because it was the holy city, witness this psalm, which contains the pious breathings of a gracious soul… Read the whole commentary →