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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 84:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּית לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃lamenatzecha-'al-hagitiyt-liveney-qorach-mizemvor
KJV: How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
AKJV: How amiable are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
ASV: How amiable are thy tabernacles,
YLT: To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' --A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!
Exposition: Psalms 84:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:2
Hebrew
מַה־יְּדִידוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃mah-yediydvot-mishekhenvoteykha-yehvah-tzeva'vot
KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
AKJV: My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God.
ASV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;
YLT: 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,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:2
Psalms 84:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 84:2
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Exposition: Psalms 84:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:3
Hebrew
נִכְסְפָה וְגַם־כָּלְתָה ׀ נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֹת יְהוָה לִבִּי וּבְשָׂרִי יְרַנְּנוּ אֶל אֵֽל־חָֽי׃nikhesefah-vegam-khaletah- -nafeshiy-lechatzervot-yehvah-liviy-vveshariy-yeranenv-'el-'el-chay
KJV: Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
AKJV: Yes, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
ASV: Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house,
YLT: (Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:3
Psalms 84:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 84:3
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- Yea
- King
Exposition: Psalms 84:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:4
Hebrew
גַּם־צִפּוֹר ׀ מָצְאָה בַיִת וּדְרוֹר ׀ קֵן לָהּ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁתָה אֶפְרֹחֶיהָ אֶֽת־מִזְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָֽי׃gam-tzifvor- -matze'ah-vayit-vdervor- -qen-lah-'asher-shatah-'eferocheyha-'et-mizevechvoteykha-yehvah-tzeva'vot-malekhiy-ve'lohay
KJV: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
AKJV: Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah.
ASV: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
YLT: O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:4
Psalms 84:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 84:4
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- Psalms 84:4
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- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 84:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:5
Hebrew
אַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ עוֹד יְֽהַלְלוּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃'asherey-yvoshevey-veytekha-'vod-yehalelvkha-selah
KJV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
AKJV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the ways of them.
ASV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;
YLT: O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways are in their heart.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:5
Psalms 84:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 84:5
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- Psalms 84:5
Exposition: Psalms 84:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:6
Hebrew
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם עֽוֹז־לוֹ בָךְ מְסִלּוֹת בִּלְבָבָֽם׃'asherey-'adam-'voz-lvo-vakhe-mesilvot-vilevavam
KJV: Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
AKJV: Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools.
ASV: Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs;
YLT: Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:6
Psalms 84:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 84:6
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Exposition: Psalms 84:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:7
Hebrew
עֹבְרֵי ׀ בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא מַעְיָן יְשִׁיתוּהוּ גַּם־בְּרָכוֹת יַעְטֶה מוֹרֶֽה׃'overey- -ve'emeq-havakha'-ma'eyan-yeshiytvhv-gam-verakhvot-ya'eteh-mvoreh
KJV: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
AKJV: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
ASV: They go from strength to strength;
YLT: They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:7
Psalms 84:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 84:7
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- Psalms 84:7
Exposition: Psalms 84:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:8
Hebrew
יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל־חָיִל יֵרָאֶה אֶל־אֱלֹהִים בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃yelekhv-mechayil-'el-chayil-yera'eh-'el-'elohiym-vetziyvon
KJV: O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
AKJV: O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
ASV: O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer;
YLT: O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:8
Psalms 84:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 84:8
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- Psalms 84:8
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- Ray
- Jacob
- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 84:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:9
Hebrew
יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה׃yehvah-'elohiym-tzeva'vot-shime'ah-tefilatiy-ha'aziynah-'elohey-ya'aqov-selah
KJV: Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
AKJV: Behold, O God our shield, and look on the face of your anointed.
ASV: Behold, O God our shield,
YLT: Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:9Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:9
Psalms 84:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 84:9
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- Psalms 84:9
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Behold
Exposition: Psalms 84:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:10
Hebrew
מָגִנֵּנוּ רְאֵה אֱלֹהִים וְהַבֵּט פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃maginenv-re'eh-'elohiym-vehavet-feney-meshiychekha
KJV: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
AKJV: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
ASV: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
YLT: For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
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Psalms 84:10
Psalms 84:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Psalms 84:10
Exposition: Psalms 84:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:11
Hebrew
כִּי טֽוֹב־יוֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶיךָ מֵאָלֶף בָּחַרְתִּי הִסְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵית אֱלֹהַי מִדּוּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃khiy-tvov-yvom-vachatzereykha-me'alef-vacharetiy-hisetvofef-veveyt-'elohay-midvr-ve'aholey-resha'
KJV: For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
AKJV: For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
ASV: For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield:
YLT: For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 84:11
Psalms 84:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 84:11
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- Psalms 84:11
Exposition: Psalms 84:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 84:12
Hebrew
כִּי שֶׁמֶשׁ ׀ וּמָגֵן יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים חֵן וְכָבוֹד יִתֵּן יְהוָה לֹא יִמְנַע־טוֹב לַֽהֹלְכִים בְּתָמִֽים׃khiy-shemesh- -vmagen-yehvah-'elohiym-chen-vekhavvod-yiten-yehvah-lo'-yimena'-tvov-laholekhiym-vetamiym
KJV: O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
AKJV: O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.
ASV: O Jehovah of hosts,
YLT: Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 84:12Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 84:12
Psalms 84:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 84:12
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 84:12
Exposition: Psalms 84:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 84:1
- Psalms 84:2
- Psalms 84:3
- Psalms 84:4
- Psalms 84:5
- Psalms 84:6
- Psalms 84:7
- Psalms 84:8
- Psalms 84:9
- Psalms 84:10
- Psalms 84:11
- Psalms 84:12
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Yea
- King
- Selah
- Ray
- Jacob
- Behold
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Psalms 84:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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