Psalms 84:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 84:2

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

BSB

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ASV

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

KJV

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 63, on Psalm 83 (Alternate Series) (420)

My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God. Listen, heretic, to what he says. How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: he is speaking of the kingdom of heaven. "There are many dwelling-places with my Father," the Lord says in the Gospel. My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord: these are the courts in which the saints will dwell for eternity, which the prophet desires. My heart and my flesh. You see, then, that both the soul and the flesh alike desire the kingdom of heaven.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was an intense desire; it was like the desire of the ambitious, or covetous, or voluptuous. He longed, he fainted, he cried out, importunate to be restored to his place in God's courts, and almost impatient of delay. Yet it was not so much the courts of the Lord that he coveted, but he cried out, in prayer, for the living God himself.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

My soul longeth, it pines, and faints to meet with the saints in the Lord's house. The desire was deep and insatiable—the very soul of the man was yearning for his God. Yea, even fainteth; as though it could not long hold out, but was exhausted with delay. He had a holy lovesickness upon him, and was wasted with an inward consumption because he was debarred the worship of the Lord in the appointed place. For the courts of the Lord.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נִכְסְפָ֬ה	nikh.se.Fah	it has longed	H3700 →
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
כָּלְתָ֨ה׀	kal.Tah	it is exhausted	H3615 →
נַפְשִׁי֮	naf.Shi	being my	H5315 →
לְחַצְר֪וֹת	le.chatz.Rot	for [the] courts of	H2691 →
יְה֫וָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לִבִּ֥י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
וּבְשָׂרִ֑י	u.ve.sa.Ri	and flesh my	H1320 →
יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ	ye.ra.ne.Nu	they shout for joy	H7442 →
אֶ֣ל	'el	to	H413 →
אֵֽל־	'el-	God	H410 →
חָֽי׃	Chai	living	H2416 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 26:9
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
leads to
- Psalms 63:1
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Psalms 119:62
  At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
- Song of Solomon 3:1–4
  On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
- Psalms 63:6–7
  When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Through
Psalms 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
leads to
- Job 11:13
  As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- Psalms 88:9
  My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalms 42:1–2
  As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms