Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Webster Bible

Psalms 84

1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3Yes, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. 4Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 5Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them]. 6[Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God. 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thy anointed. 10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.

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