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Psalm 84

Psa. 84:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
upong Gittith
Gittiyth (Hebrew #1665)
a Gittite harp
KJV usage: Gittith.
Pronounce: ghit-teeth'
Origin: feminine of 1663
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
γfor the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Korah
Qorach (Hebrew #7141)
ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
KJV usage: Korah.
Pronounce: ko'rakh
Origin: from 7139
.>> How amiable
ydiyd (Hebrew #3039)
loved
KJV usage: amiable, (well-)beloved, loves.
Pronounce: yed-eed'
Origin: from the same as 1730
are thy tabernacles
mishkan (Hebrew #4908)
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV usage: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: mish-kawn'
Origin: from 7931
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
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Psa. 8•  (Psa. 8)
, title.
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or, of.

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Gittith,
Korah,
Lord of Hosts,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Psalms

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary,
4-7:  shews how blessed they are that dwell therein.
8-12:  He prays to be restored unto it.
A.M. 3469.
B.C. 535.
(Title.)
Gittith.
Psa. 8:1• 1To the chief musician upon Gittith ; a Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah our Lord, how glorious [is] thy name in all the earth!{HR}Thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens. (Psa. 8:1)
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Psa. 81:1• 1To the chief musician upon the Gittith; of Asaph.{HR}Sing aloud unto God our strength,{HR}Shout aloud unto the God of Jacob. (Psa. 81:1)
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Psa. 81•  (Psa. 81)
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A Psalm.Some suppose this Psalm was composed by David when driven from Jerusalem by Absalom's rebellion:
but it is more probable that it was written at the foundation of the second temple.for.
or, of. How.
Psa. 36:8• 8They shall be abundantly satisfied with drink from the fatness of thy house,{HR}And thou shalt make them drink the stream of thy pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)
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Psa. 27:4• 4One [thing] have I asked from Jehovah, that will I seek after;{HR}To dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,{HR}To gaze upon the beauty of Jehovah and to consider in his temple. (Psa. 27:4)
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Psa. 48:1‑2• 1A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah,{HR}Great [is] Jehovah and exceedingly to be praised,{HR}In the city of our God, the mountain of his holiness.
 2Beautiful for elevation,{HR}The joy of the whole earth [is] the mountain of Zion,{HR}[On] the sides of the north; the city of the great King. (Psa. 48:1‑2)
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Psa. 87:2‑3• 2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion{HR}More than all the tabernacles of Jacob.
 3Glorious things [are] spoken of thee,{HR}O city of God. Selah. (Psa. 87:2‑3)
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Psa. 122:1• 1A song of the ascents: of David.{HR}I was glad in [those] saying unto me,{HR}To Jehovah's house we will go. (Psa. 122:1)
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Heb. 9:23‑24• 23Necessity therefore [was] that the examples of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
 24For the Christ entered not into handmade holies, figures of the true, but into the heaven itself now to appear to the face of God for us; (Heb. 9:23‑24)
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Rev. 21:2‑3,22‑23• 2And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 22And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:2‑3,22‑23)
O Lord.
Psa. 103:20‑21• 20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength,{HR}Doing his word, hearkening to the voice of his word.
 21Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts,{HR}Ministers of his that do his pleasure. (Psa. 103:20‑21)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i} (1 Kings 22:19)
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Neh. 9:6• 6{i}Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.{/i} (Neh. 9:6)
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Isa. 6:2‑3• 2Above him stood the seraphim each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory. (Isa. 6:2‑3)
• Book 3. Series 2. The Indignation. The ten tribes of Israel restored. Psalm is restoration to the land. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The three divisions of the psalm present, first, the house of God that awaits believers at the end of their journey (vv. 1-4); secondly, the path that leads to God’s house (vv. 5-7); thirdly, the prayer of the man who takes this journey in dependence upon the Lord (vv. 4, 5, 12). (“Psalm 84” by H. Smith)
• The heading of this psalm again indicates the godly Jewish remnant (the two tribes, Judah and Benjamin) have been delivered. Korah and his company who were destroyed are a figure of the apostate Jews who reject God. His children (“the sons of Korah”) are a picture of the spared remnant (Num. 26:10-11). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)
• The psalm goes on to give the exercises of the ten scattered tribes as they return to the land of Israel after the Arab confederacy under the Assyrian (Ps. 83) has been judged. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittithd. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 8.

W. Kelly Translation

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To the chief musician on the Gittith; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.{HR}How lovely [are] thy tabernacles,{HR}O Jehovah of hosts!