For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
- KJV How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
- NKJV How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts!
- NASB How lovely are Your dwelling places, Lord of armies!
- NLT How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Quick answer
The psalmist exclaims how lovely God's dwelling place is, the temple of the LORD of Armies. The believer delights in the place of God's presence.
Overview
Psalm 84 is a pilgrim song expressing deep longing for God's house. The loveliness of the dwelling lies in the presence of God Himself, not merely the building. For Christians, this delight points beyond the temple to fellowship with God through Christ, in whom we have access to the Father (cf. Eph. 2:18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- Ps 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
- Ps 122:1A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
- Ps 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Ps 132:5until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Rev 21:22–23But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
- Ps 8:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Rev 21:2–3I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Neh 9:6You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Heb 9:23–24So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Isa 6:2–3Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
- Ps 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- 1 Kgs 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear 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.
- Ps 87:2–3The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 103:20–21Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Ps 81:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
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