8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
8 Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
8 Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
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Commentary on Psalms 84 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 84
Though David's name be not in the title of this psalm, yet we have reason to think he was the penman of it, because it breathes so much of his excellent spirit and is so much like the sixty-third psalm which was penned by him; it is supposed that David penned this psalm when he was forced by Absalom's rebellion to quit his city, which he lamented his absence from, not so much because it was the royal city as because it was the holy city, witness this psalm, which contains the pious breathings of a gracious soul after God and communion with him. Though it be not entitled, yet it may fitly be looked upon as a psalm or song for the sabbath day, the day of our solemn assemblies. The psalmist here with great devotion expresses his affection,
In singing this psalm we should have the same devout affections working towards God that David had, and then the singing of it will be very pleasant.
To the chief musician upon Gittith. A psalm for the sons of Korah.
Psa 84:1-7
The psalmist here, being by force restrained from waiting upon God in public ordinances, by the want of them is brought under a more sensible conviction than ever of the worth of them. Observe,
Psa 84:8-12
Here,