How amiable are thy tabernacles, 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!
- BSB For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, 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).
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Cross-references · 16
- Ps 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Ps 43:3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Ps 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
- Ps 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
- Ps 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
- Rev 21:22–23And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- Ps 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Rev 21:2–3And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Neh 9:6Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
- Heb 9:23–24It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Isa 6:2–3Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- Ps 48:1–2Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- 1 Kgs 22:19And he said, Hear thou therefore 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 hand and on his left.
- Ps 87:2–3The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 103:20–21Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Ps 81:1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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