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Bible Question: what is psalm 84 about what is it root? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Cynthia McFolley, Welcome to the StudyBibleForum.com! The following material is completely quoted from two of my Study Bibles, but I believe it is applicable to answering your Question: "What is Psalm 84 about what is its root?" "Ps 84 A prayer of longing for the house of the Lord. In tone and perspective it stands close to Ps 42 and may reflect similar circumstances. If so, the author (presumably a Levite who normally functioned in the temple service), now barred from access to God's house (perhaps when Sennacherib was ravaging Judah; see 2 Kin 18:13-16), gives voice to his longing for the sweet nearness to God in His temple that he had known in the past. Reference to God and His temple and to the "blessedness" (see vv. 4-5,12) of those having free access to both dominates the psalm and highlights its central themes." (1) "The psalm has three main divisions (vv. 1-4, 5-7, 8-11) and a conclusion (v. 12). In the Hebrew text, a six-line unit precedes and follows a three-line reflection on the blessedness of those free to make pilgrimage to Zion. Each of these six-line divisions contains three references to the "LORD," while the seventh reference (symbolizing completeness or perfection) appears in the conclusion." (1) "84:1-12 This psalm, like other psalms of ascent (Pss. 120-134), expresses the joy of a pilgrim traveling up to Jerusalem, then up into the temple to celebrate one of the feasts. The pilgrim focuses his attention especially on the thought of being in the very presence of the Lord God. The NT believer-priest, in an even greater way, can come into the presence of the Lord (cf. Heb. 4:16; 10:19-22)." (2) "I. The Expectation of Worshiping God (84:1-4)" "II. The Expedition to Worship God (84:5-7)" "III. The Elation at Worshiping God (84:8-12)" (2) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) pgs 826-827, The Zondervan NASB Study Bible, copyright 1999 by the Zondervan Corporation (2) pg. 817, the MacArthur Study Bible, New King James Version, copyright 1999 by Word Publishing |
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