Longing for God's House

841 [1][2]How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!

Other Translations of Psalm 84:1

King James Version

Longing for God's House

841 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

English Standard Version

Longing for God's House

841 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!

The Message

Longing for God's House

841 What a beautiful home, God of the Angel Armies! I've always longed to live in a place like this,

New King James Version

Longing for God's House

841 To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts!

New Living Translation

Longing for God's House

841 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven's Armies.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 84:1

Commentary on Psalm 84:1-7

(Read Psalm 84:1-7)

The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but how can men desire to enter that holy habitation, who complain of Divine ordinances as wearisome? Those are truly happy, who go forth, and go on in the exercise of religion, in the strength of the grace of Jesus Christ, from whom all our sufficiency is. The pilgrims to the heavenly city may have to pass through many a valley of weeping, and many a thirsty desert; but wells of salvation shall be opened for them, and consolations sent for their support. Those that press forward in their Christian course, shall find God add grace to their graces. And those who grow in grace, shall be perfect in glory.