1The Psalmist longing for the temple worship, 4sheweth the blessedness of attending thereupon: 8he prayeth to be restored to it.
0To the chief Musician upon aGittith, A Psalm 1for the sons of Korah.
1Or, of. Ps. 42, title.
a Pss. 8; 81, titles.
1HOW b*amiable are cthy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
*amiable-lovely.
b Ps. 26.8; 122.1,4; 27.4. Re. 4.1,3; 22.1,2. c Ps. 43.3.
2My dsoul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: emy heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
d Ps. 27.4; 42.1,2; 63.1,2; 68.24; 73.17. v.10. e Job 23.3. Ps. 40.17; 101.2. Is. 26.8,9; 64.1.
3Yea, the fsparrow 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.
f Pr. 26.2.
4gBlessed are they that dwell in thy house: they hwill be still praising thee. Selah.
g Ps. 65.4; 134.1-3; 71.8,15; 145.1,2,21. h Ps. 42.5,11.
5Blessed is the man iwhose strength is in thee; jin whose heart are the ways of them.
i Ps. 28.8. Zec. 10.12. Phi. 4.13. j Ps. 122.1; 42.4; 55.14.
6Who kpassing through the valley 2of Baca make it a well; the rain also 3filleth the pools.
2Or, of mulberry trees make him a well. 2Sa. 5.23.
3Heb. covereth.
k Ac. 14.22. Jn. 16.33.
7They lgo 4from strength to strength, mevery one of them in Zion nappeareth before God.
4Or, from company to company. Is. 40.31. Jn. 1.16. 2Co. 3.18.
l Job 17.9. Pr. 4.18. 1Pe. 1.5. 2Pe. 3.18. m Ps. 122.1-4; 43.4. Je. 31.6. Is. 35.10. Jn. 10.28; 14.3. 1Th. 4.17. n Ps. 42.2.
8O oLORD God of hosts, phear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
o Da. 4.35. Ps. 103.20,21; 148. p Ps. 130.2. Da. 9.18,19. Is. 65.24.
9Behold, O God our qshield, and look upon the face of rthine anointed.
q Ge. 15.1,2. De. 33.29. r Ps. 2.6; 61.6; 89.20.
10For sa day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 5I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
5Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold.
s v.1,2. Ps. 27.4; 63.2; 42.2; 68.24; 43.4.
11For the LORD God is ta sun and ushield: vthe LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
t Is. 60.19,20. Ps. 27.1; 43.3. Mal. 4.2. u Ps. 119.114; 3.3; 18.35; 5.12. v Ps. 85.12; 34.9,10. Jn. 1.14,16. Phi. 4.19. Col. 2.10.
12O LORD of hosts, wblessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
w Ps. 2.12; 34.8; 33.12,21. Is. 30.18; 28.16; 50.10. Je. 17.7,8.