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With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/84.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/84.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/84.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/84.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/84.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />My soul has longed and even fainted for the courts of Yahweh; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/84.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/84.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/84.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/84.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/84.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Deep in my heart I long for your temple, and with all that I am I sing joyful songs to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/84.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/84.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My soul longs and yearns for the LORD's courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/84.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How I want to be there! I long to be in the LORD's Temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/84.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/84.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/84.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/84.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My soul longs, yes, yearns for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/84.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/84.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/84.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My soul desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, "" For the courts of YHWH, "" My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/84.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/84.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My soul longed after, and also failed for the enclosures of Jehovah: my heart and my flesh will rejoice for the living God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/84.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/84.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 83:3>My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/84.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the LORD. My heart and flesh cry out for the living God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/84.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/84.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh give praise for the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/84.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My soul has waited and has lusted for the courts of LORD JEHOVAH! My heart and my flesh have praised The Living God!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/84.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/84.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/84-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10519" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Better is One Day in Your Courts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">My soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/3700.htm" title="3700: niḵ·sə·p̄āh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To long (for). A primitive root; properly, to become pale, i.e. to pine after; also to fear.">longs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">faints,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: lə·ḥaṣ·rō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- A yard, a hamlet.">for the courts</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·ḇə·śā·rî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">and my flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/7442.htm" title="7442: yə·ran·nə·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To give a ringing cry. A primitive root; properly, to creak, i.e. To shout.">cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥāy (Adj-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">the living</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl- (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-6.htm">Matthew 5:6</a></span><br />Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4</a></span><br />One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-25.htm">Psalm 73:25</a></span><br />Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Isaiah 26:9</a></span><br />My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a></span><br />I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Psalm 143:6</a></span><br />I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a></span><br />But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-20.htm">Psalm 119:20</a></span><br />My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/130-6.htm">Psalm 130:6</a></span><br />My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm">2 Corinthians 5:2</a></span><br />For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/61-2.htm">Psalm 61:2</a></span><br />From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/122-1.htm">Psalm 122:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God.</p><p class="hdg">soul</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Psalm 42:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1,2</a></b></br> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou <i>art</i> my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Psalm 73:26</a></b></br> My flesh and my heart faileth: <i>but</i> God <i>is</i> the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.</p><p class="hdg">heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-3.htm">Job 23:3</a></b></br> Oh that I knew where I might find him! <i>that</i> I might come <i>even</i> to his seat!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Isaiah 26:9</a></b></br> With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments <i>are</i> in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1</a></b></br> Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/78-63.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/psalms/72-12.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/psalms/78-30.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/81-11.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/83-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/79-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Pineth</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Soul's</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-26.htm">Yearned</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/psalms/84-10.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/psalms/86-3.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/psalms/92-11.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/107-30.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/psalms/102-5.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/psalms/84-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/86-4.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/psalms/130-6.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Pineth</a> <a href="/psalms/87-7.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/psalms/86-2.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-27.htm">Soul's</a> <a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Yearned</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 84</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-4.htm">Shows how blessed they are that dwell therein</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-8.htm">He prays to be restored unto it.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/84.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/84.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;</b><br>The psalmist expresses a deep yearning for the presence of God, which is symbolized by the courts of the LORD. In ancient Israel, the courts were part of the temple complex in Jerusalem, where worship and sacrifices were conducted. This longing reflects a desire for communion with God, a theme prevalent throughout the Psalms. The intensity of the psalmist's desire is emphasized by the word "faints," suggesting a physical and spiritual exhaustion in the absence of God's presence. This mirrors the believer's journey, where the soul's ultimate satisfaction is found in God alone. The courts of the LORD can also be seen as a type of the heavenly dwelling, where believers will one day be in the full presence of God, as described in <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3</a>.<p><b>my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.</b><br>The phrase "my heart and my flesh" indicates a holistic longing, involving both the inner being and the physical body. This comprehensive yearning underscores the psalmist's deep-seated need for God, who is described as the "living God." This title distinguishes the God of Israel from the lifeless idols worshiped by surrounding nations, emphasizing His active and dynamic presence in the world. The cry for the living God reflects a personal relationship and dependence on Him, resonating with the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as the source of life (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>). The psalmist's cry can be seen as a prophetic anticipation of the believer's relationship with Christ, who fulfills the deepest desires of the heart and soul.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Psalm 84</a>, traditionally attributed to the sons of Korah, who were Levites and temple musicians. They express a deep yearning for God's presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/courts_of_the_lord.htm">Courts of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple courts in Jerusalem, a place of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_living_god.htm">The Living God</a></b><br>A term emphasizing God's active, dynamic presence and His distinction from lifeless idols. It highlights the personal relationship the psalmist seeks with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/y/yearning_for_god's_presence.htm">Yearning for God's Presence</a></b><br>The psalmist's intense longing for God challenges us to evaluate our own desire for His presence. Do we seek God with the same fervor and passion?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holistic_worship.htm">Holistic Worship</a></b><br>The mention of "heart and flesh" indicates a worship that involves the whole being—emotions, spirit, and body. True worship is not just an intellectual exercise but an all-encompassing experience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_living_god.htm">The Living God</a></b><br>Understanding God as "living" reminds us that He is active and present in our lives today. This should encourage us to seek a dynamic relationship with Him, not just a ritualistic practice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_thirst.htm">Spiritual Thirst</a></b><br>Just as physical thirst drives us to seek water, spiritual thirst should drive us to seek God. Recognizing our spiritual needs is the first step toward spiritual growth and fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temple_as_a_symbol.htm">Temple as a Symbol</a></b><br>While the psalmist longs for the temple courts, Christians understand that through Christ, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. This shifts the focus from a physical location to a personal relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_84.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 84</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_'long_and_faint'_for_non-physical_courts.htm">In Psalm 84:2, how can one physically “long and faint” for God’s courts if they are non-physical spaces? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_23.htm">What is the meaning of Psalm 23?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_temple_worship_essential_in_psalm_100_4.htm">Why does the psalm present worship at the temple ('enter his gates,' Psalm 100:4) as essential, when other parts of the Bible emphasize worship outside Jerusalem's temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_hall_of_faith's_meaning.htm">What does 'dwell in the house of the Lord' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/84.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Longeth.</span>--From root meaning to <span class= "ital">grow pale, </span>expressing one effect of strong emotion--<span class= "ital">grows pale with longing. </span>So the Latin poets used <span class= "ital">pallidus </span>to express the effects of passionate love, and generally of any strong emotion:<p>"Ambitione mala aut argenti pallet amore."<p>HOR., <span class= "ital">Sat. ii.</span> 3, 78.<p>Or we may perhaps compare Shakespeare's<p>"Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought."<p>For a similar fervid expression of desire for communion with God, comp. <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm" title="O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;">Psalm 63:1</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Fainteth.</span>--Or more properly, as LXX., <span class= "ital">faileth</span>.<p><span class= "bld">Courts.</span>--This, too, seems, like tabernacles above, to be used in a general poetical way, so that there is no need to think of the court of the priests as distinguished from that of the people.<p><span class= "bld">The living God.</span>--Comp. <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm" title="My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?">Psalm 42:2</a>, the only other place in the Psalms where God is so named. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/84.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth</span> <span class="cmt_word">for the courts of the Lord.</span> These expressions do not imply that the writer is absent from the temple, but only that his delight in it is never satiated. <span class="cmt_word">My heart and my flesh;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> my whole nature. <span class="cmt_word">Crieth</span> <span class="cmt_word">out for the living God</span>; rather, <span class="accented">rejoiceth</span>; or "sings out a note of joy" <span class="accented">unto</span> the living God. So Hengstenberg, who says, "The verb <span class="hebrew">רִנֵּן</span> is of frequent occurrence in the Psalms, and <span class="accented">always</span> signifies <span class="accented">to rejoice</span>." Compare the comment of Professor Cheyne. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/84-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">My soul</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁי֮</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">longs,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְסְפָ֬ה</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·sə·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3700.htm">Strong's 3700: </a> </span><span class="str2">To become pale, to pine after, to fear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">faints,</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the courts</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַצְר֪וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥaṣ·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD;</span><br /><span class="heb">יְה֫וָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְשָׂרִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·śā·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cry out</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ran·nə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7442.htm">Strong's 7442: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give a ringing cry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the living</span><br /><span class="heb">חָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(’êl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/84-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 84:2 My soul longs and even faints (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/84-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 84:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 84:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/84-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 84:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 84:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>