84:1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:3
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.
84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
84:6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
84:8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
84:10
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.
84:11
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.
84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Verse 9. ~ While many, alas, are satisfied with mere formalities in religion, or with dry discussions of doctrines, high or low, as they may be called, see thou and be occupied with Christ himself.
It is the knowledge of his person that gives strength and joy to the soul.
At all times, under all circumstances, we can say, "Look upon the face of thine Anointed."
We cannot always say, Look on us; but we may always say, Look on Him.
In the deepest sorrow through conscious failure, or in trials and difficulties through faithfullness to his name, we can ever plead with God what Christ is.
God is ever well pleased with him ~ ever occupied with him as risen from the dead and exalted to his own right hand in heaven; and he would also have us be occupied with him as the heart's exclusive object.
True faith can only rest on God's estimate of Christ, not on inward thoughts and feelings.
That which may be called the faith of the formalist, rests on the ability of his own mind to judge of these matters. He trusts in himself. This is the essential difference between faith in appearance and faith in reality.
Things New and Old
From The Treasury of David ~ C.H. Spurgeon
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
84:3
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.
84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
84:6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
84:7
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
84:8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
84:10
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.
84:11
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.
84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Verse 9. ~ While many, alas, are satisfied with mere formalities in religion, or with dry discussions of doctrines, high or low, as they may be called, see thou and be occupied with Christ himself.
It is the knowledge of his person that gives strength and joy to the soul.
At all times, under all circumstances, we can say, "Look upon the face of thine Anointed."
We cannot always say, Look on us; but we may always say, Look on Him.
In the deepest sorrow through conscious failure, or in trials and difficulties through faithfullness to his name, we can ever plead with God what Christ is.
God is ever well pleased with him ~ ever occupied with him as risen from the dead and exalted to his own right hand in heaven; and he would also have us be occupied with him as the heart's exclusive object.
True faith can only rest on God's estimate of Christ, not on inward thoughts and feelings.
That which may be called the faith of the formalist, rests on the ability of his own mind to judge of these matters. He trusts in himself. This is the essential difference between faith in appearance and faith in reality.
Things New and Old
From The Treasury of David ~ C.H. Spurgeon
