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Psalms 84:8

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Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 84:8 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
  • BSB O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
  • NKJV O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
  • NASB ¶Lord God of armies, hear my prayer; Listen, God of Jacob! Selah
  • NLT O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 1

  • Ps 59:5You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (1)
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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 84:8YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 84:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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O LORDיְהֹוָהGodאֱלֹהִיםof hostsצָבָאhearשָׁמַעmy prayerתְּפִלָּהgive earאָזַןO Godאֱלֹהִיםof JacobיַעֲקֹבSelahסֶלָה
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