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According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/84.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/84.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/84.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable <i>are</i> thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/84.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely <i>is</i> Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/84.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the music director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, LORD of armies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/84.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/84.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/84.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choir director: on the Gittith. † A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/84.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, LORD of Hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/84.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/84.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />LORD God All-Powerful, your temple is so lovely! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/84.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/84.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[For the choir director; on the [gittith]; a psalm by Korah's descendants.] Your dwelling place is lovely, O LORD of Armies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/84.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How I love your Temple, LORD Almighty! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/84.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of the Heavenly Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/84.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/84.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD who rules over all! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/84.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.] How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/84.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/84.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/84.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH of Hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/84.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To the Overseer. -- 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/84.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: to the sons of Korah, a chanting. How beloved are thy tents, O Jehovah of armies!<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/84.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/84.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 83:1>Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. <V 83:2>How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/84.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the leader; “upon the <i>gittith</i>.” A psalm of the Korahites. [2] How lovely your dwelling, O LORD of hosts! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/84.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/84.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/84.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How beloved are your tabernacles, LORD JEHOVAH of hosts!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/84.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/84.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/84-1.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=10507" 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><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5329.htm" title="5329: lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ (Prep-l, Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- Preeminent or enduring. A primitive root; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. To be eminent; also, to be permanent.">For the choirmaster.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">According to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1665.htm" title="1665: hag·git·tîṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A musical term of unc. meaning. Feminine of Gittiy; a Gittite harp.">Gittith.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4210.htm" title="4210: miz·mō·wr (N-ms) -- A melody. From zamar; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes.">A Psalm</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê- (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/7141.htm" title="7141: qō·raḥ (N-proper-ms) -- An Edomite name, also an Isr. name. From qarach; ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites.">of Korah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. "> How</a> <a href="/hebrew/3039.htm" title="3039: yə·ḏî·ḏō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Beloved. From the same as dowd; loved.">lovely</a> <a href="/hebrew/4908.htm" title="4908: miš·kə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Dwelling place, tabernacle. From shakan; a residence; specifically, the Tabernacle.">is Your dwelling place,</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.">O LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts!</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living 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/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/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 63:1-2</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. / So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.<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="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27-30</a></span><br />But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. / Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today. / May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-18.htm">2 Chronicles 6:18-21</a></span><br />But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. / Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You. / May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Ezekiel 37:26-28</a></span><br />And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a></span><br />Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.<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="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2-3</a></span><br />In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46-47</a></span><br />With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart, / praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How amiable are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Psalm 8:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent <i>is</i> thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Psalm 81:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Gittith, <i>A Psalm</i> of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.</p><p class="hdg">A Psalm.</p><p class="hdg">how</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-8.htm">Psalm 36:8</a></b></br> They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4</a></b></br> One <i>thing</i> have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1,2</a></b></br> A Song <i>and</i> Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great <i>is</i> the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, <i>in</i> the mountain of his holiness… </p><p class="hdg">O Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20,21</a></b></br> Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">1 Kings 22:19</a></b></br> And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a></b></br> Thou, <i>even</i> thou, <i>art</i> LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all <i>things</i> that <i>are</i> therein, the seas, and all that <i>is</i> therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/80-19.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/psalms/80-19.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/psalms/60-5.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Choirmaster</a> <a href="/psalms/47-4.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Director</a> <a href="/psalms/79-7.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Gath</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Gittith</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Gittithof</a> <a href="/psalms/80-19.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/psalms/81-2.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Korah</a> <a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Korah&Gt</a> <a href="/esther/1-11.htm">Lovely</a> <a href="/psalms/81-2.htm">Music</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Music-Maker</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Overseer</a> <a href="/psalms/83-12.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/83-18.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Tabernacles</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/psalms/108-6.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/psalms/84-12.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Choirmaster</a> <a href="/psalms/102-14.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Director</a> <a href="/psalms/87-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/psalms/87-2.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/amos/6-2.htm">Gath</a> <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Gittith</a> <a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Gittithof</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/psalms/92-3.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/psalms/84-12.htm">Korah</a> <a href="/psalms/42-1.htm">Korah&Gt</a> <a href="/psalms/135-3.htm">Lovely</a> <a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Music</a> <a href="/psalms/84-12.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Music-Maker</a> <a href="/psalms/139-1.htm">Overseer</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/84-12.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/87-2.htm">Tabernacles</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'; 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The role of the choirmaster was crucial in organizing and leading the musical aspects of worship, which were integral to Israelite religious life.<p><b>According to Gittith.</b><br>"Gittith" is a term whose exact meaning is uncertain, but it is often associated with a musical instrument or a style of music originating from Gath, a Philistine city. This suggests a cultural exchange and the incorporation of diverse musical influences in Hebrew worship.<p><b>A Psalm of the sons of Korah.</b><br>The sons of Korah were a group of Levitical singers and musicians. Despite their ancestor Korah's rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16), his descendants were appointed to serve in the temple, highlighting themes of redemption and grace. Their psalms often express deep longing for God and His presence.<p><b>How lovely is Your dwelling place,</b><br>The "dwelling place" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. It symbolizes God's presence among His people. The term "lovely" conveys a deep affection and reverence for the sacred space where God meets His people. This reflects the psalmist's yearning for communion with God.<p><b>O LORD of Hosts!</b><br>"LORD of Hosts" is a title emphasizing God's sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. It underscores His power and authority, providing assurance of His protection and strength. This title is often used in contexts of divine intervention and support, reinforcing the psalmist's trust in God's might.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons_of_korah.htm">The Sons of Korah</a></b><br>The authors of this psalm, who were a group of temple musicians and descendants of Korah, a Levite. They played a significant role in the worship practices of ancient Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dwelling_place_of_the_lord.htm">The Dwelling Place of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which was considered the earthly dwelling place of God among His people. It symbolizes God's presence and the place of worship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lord_of_hosts.htm">LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God that emphasizes His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. It reflects His power and authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_beauty_of_god's_presence.htm">The Beauty of God's Presence</a></b><br>The psalmist's admiration for God's dwelling place reflects the beauty and desirability of being in God's presence. As believers, we should cultivate a longing for communion with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_worship.htm">The Significance of Worship</a></b><br>The temple was central to Israel's worship, and today, worship remains a vital aspect of our relationship with God. We should prioritize both personal and corporate worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>Recognizing God as the "LORD of Hosts" reminds us of His supreme authority and power. This should inspire trust and confidence in His ability to protect and guide us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/longing_for_god's_presence.htm">Longing for God's Presence</a></b><br>Just as the psalmist yearned for the temple, we should yearn for God's presence in our daily lives, seeking Him through prayer, scripture, and fellowship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God's dwelling among us. Through Him, we have direct access to God, and our bodies are now temples of the Holy Spirit.<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_reconcile_psalm_84_with_temple's_fall.htm">How do we reconcile the psalm’s praise of God’s dwelling place (Psalm 84:1, 4) with later events that saw the Temple destroyed? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_mention_god's_sanctuary.htm">(Psalm 26:8) How can David refer to God’s sanctuary when the temple was not yet built in his lifetime? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_sons_of_korah.htm">Who were the Sons of Korah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_15_contradict_god's_open_invite.htm">Psalm 15:1 says only certain people can dwell with the Lord; doesn't this contradict the broader biblical idea of God's universal invitation?</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>(1) <span class= "bld">How amiable.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">How loved and how lovable. </span>The Hebrew word combines both senses.<p><span class= "bld">Tabernacles.</span>--Better, perhaps, <span class= "ital">dwellings. </span>(Comp. <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm" title="O send out your light and your truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill, and to your tabernacles.">Psalm 43:3</a>.) The plural is used poetically, therefore we need not think of the various courts of the Temple.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/84.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How amiable are</span> <span class="cmt_word">thy tabernacles!</span> or, "how lovely are thy dwellings!!" The plural is used, as in <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Psalm 43:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/46-4.htm">Psalm 46:4</a> (also Korahite); and Psalms 132:7, either because the temple was made up of several compartments, or as a "plural of dignity." <span class="cmt_word">O Lord of hosts</span> (comp. vers. 3, 8, 12). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/84-1.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">For the choirmaster.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ</span> <span class="translit">(lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5329.htm">Strong's 5329: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">According to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Gittith.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּתִּ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(hag·git·tîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1665.htm">Strong's 1665: </a> </span><span class="str2">A musical term of uncertain meaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">A Psalm</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְמֽוֹר׃</span> <span class="translit">(miz·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4210.htm">Strong's 4210: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instrumental music, a poem set to notes</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Korah.</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֥רַח</span> <span class="translit">(qō·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7141.htm">Strong's 7141: </a> </span><span class="str2">Korah -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lovely</span><br /><span class="heb">יְּדִיד֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏî·ḏō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3039.htm">Strong's 3039: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beloved</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is Your dwelling place,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4908.htm">Strong's 4908: </a> </span><span class="str2">A residence, the Tabernacle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</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">of Hosts.</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/84-1.htm">Psalm 84:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 84:1 For the Chief Musician (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/83-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 83:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 83:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/84-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 84:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 84:2" /></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>