"How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for
the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out
and sing for joy to the living God.
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Yes, the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young-even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
they will be singing Your praises all day long.
Selah, pause and calmly think of that!
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Passing through the Valley of Weeping, (Baca), they make it
a place of springs; the early rain also fills the pools with blessings.
They go from strength to strength, increasing in victorious power;
each of them appears before God in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah, pause and calmly think of that!
Behold our shield, the king as Your agent, O God,
and look upon the face of Your anointed!
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else;
I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the
house of my God than to dwell at ease in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows present
grace and future glory, honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss!
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You,
leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently
looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving!"
Psalm 84
A Song of the Sons of Korah
"And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together
with Korah when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men;
and they became a warning sign. But, the sons of Korah did not die."
(Numbers 26:10-11)
Unlike their father, Korah, who led a revolt against Moses and
died, along with his co-conspirators, when the earth opened up
and swallowed them, the sons of Korah, some of whom were singers,
were spared from God's punishment. Vessels of His saving grace.
"In these precious outpourings of the heart for the sanctuary of the Lord,
we read prophetically the heart longings of the remnant of Israel. They
are not yet in possession of the fullest blessings, but look forward now
to an early realization of all their hopes of being at His altars again.
And all they long for will be their happy and lasting portion.
They will go from strength to strength: He will be their Sun and Shield.
He will give grace and glory. Psalm 84:9 shows us our Lord:
"Behold, O God, our Shield, look upon the face of Thine Anointed Christ".
It is through Him that all this will be accomplished."
-Gaebelein's Annotated Bible
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