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Psa. 84:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician upong Gittith, A Psalm γfor the sons of Korah.>> How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

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Psa. 8• (Psa. 8)

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Gittith,

Korah,

Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,

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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.

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Gittith.

Psa. 8:1• ¹To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 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. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, 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 the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)

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Psa. 27:4• ⁴One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple. (Psa. 27:4)

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Psa. 48:1‑2• ¹A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.
²Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, 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 more than all the habitations of Jacob.
³Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. (Psa. 87:2‑3)

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Psa. 122:1• ¹A Song of degrees. Of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah. (Psa. 122:1)

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Heb. 9:23‑24• ²³It was necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.
²⁴For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: (Heb. 9:23‑24)

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Rev. 21:2‑3,22‑23• ²And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, 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 heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is 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 Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
²³And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:2‑3,22‑23)

O Lord.

Psa. 103:20‑21• ²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. (Psa. 103:20‑21)

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1 Kings 22:19• ¹⁹And 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; (1 Kings 22:19)

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Neh. 9:6• ⁶Thou 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. (Neh. 9:6)

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Isa. 6:2‑3• ²Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
³And one called to the other 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). (“Psalms 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.