Psalm 84:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 84:7

Psalms 84:7. They go from strength to strength The farther they travel onward in that way, instead of being faint and weary, as travellers in such cases are wont to be, they grow stronger and stronger, being greatly refreshed with the comfortable end of their journey, expressed in the following words. Or, they go from company to company. For they used to travel in troops or companies, for many reasons, and some companies were before others accordingly as they were nearer to the place of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 84:1-12

Psalms 84:0 Joy in God’s houseOn account of the difficulties and dangers people faced in travelling from remote areas to Jerusalem, some Israelites could visit the temple only once or twice each year. The present psalm reflects the joy and satisfaction of one such traveller as he comes to the temple to worship (1-2). Even the birds who make their nests in the temple courtyard have meaning for this man. As they find rest in their nests, so he finds rest in God’s house (3-4).The traveller is so... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 84:7

Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God = he appeareth before God in Zion. Note the singular, "he appeareth": i.e. "the man" of Psalms 84:5 . The valley of Baca thus becomes the valley of Berachah (or blessing), 2 Chronicles 20:26 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 84:5-7

Psalms 84:5-7. Blessed is the man, &c.— These words may be rendered, Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; the highways are in the midst of them: Who, passing through the valley of Baca, turn it into a spring; even when the rain filleth the pools. They go from valley to valley: The God of gods shall appear in Sion. Mudge renders these verses in nearly the same manner; and so do the generality of interpreters, who all agree that the original is indeterminate, and attended with great... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 84:7

7. The figure of the pilgrim is carried out. As such daily refit their bodily strength till they reach Jerusalem, so the spiritual worshipper is daily supplied with spiritual strength by God's grace till he appears before God in heaven. appeareth . . . God—the terms of the requisition for the attendance on the feasts (compare :-), read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 84:1-12

Psalms 84This psalm, like Psalms 42, 43, expresses the writer’s desire for the Lord’s sanctuary. It is one of the pilgrim or ascent psalms that the Israelites sang as they traveled to the sanctuary to worship God (cf. Psalms 120-134). In it, the unknown writer declared the blessed condition of those who go to the temple to pray to Yahweh. The sons of Korah were those who arranged and or sang this psalm in Israel’s public worship. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 84:5-7

2. Travelling to the temple 84:5-7The person who sets his or her heart on finding strength in the Lord experiences great blessing. Such a person looked forward to travelling to Mt. Zion to worship Him there. The word "baca" means "balsam trees." The Valley of the Balsam Trees was evidently an arid region that the writer used as an example of a spiritually dry state. The pilgrim whose heart anticipated temple worship joyfully found spiritual refreshment in situations others found parched. His... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 84:1-12

This Ps. sets forth the attractiveness of the Temple and its worship (Psalms 84:1-4), and the happiness of the pilgrims who gather to it from different parts of the land (Psalms 84:5-7). After a prayer for God’s favour (Psalms 84:8-9), it speaks of the privilege of the humblest office in the Temple (Psalms 84:10), and closes by describing the graciousness of God (Psalms 84:11), and the blessedness of trusting Him (Psalms 84:12). The Ps. belongs to a period when the Temple was standing, and when... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 84:5-7

(5-7) In these verses, as in the analogous picture (Isaiah 35:6-8; comp. Hosea 2:15-16), there is a blending of the real and the figurative; the actual journey towards Sion is represented as accompanied with ideal blessings of peace and refreshment. It is improbable that the poet would turn abruptly from the description of the swallows in the Temple to what looks like a description of a real journey, with a locality, or at all events a district, which was well known, introduced by its proper... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 84:7

(7) They go from strength to strength—i.e., each difficulty surmounted adds fresh courage and vigour.“And he who flagg’d not in the earthly strife,From strength to strength advancing, only heHis soul well knit, and all his battles won,Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.”MATTHEW ARNOLD.The marginal “from company to company” follows the alternative meaning of the Hebrew word, and suggests a picture of the actual progress of the various bands composing a caravan. But the expression in either... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 84:7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 84:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 84:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 84:5-7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 84:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 84:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 84:5-7

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 84:1-12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 84:5-7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 84:7

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