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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 104 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 104. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/104/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 104. Psalm 84

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[¶0] To The Chief Musician Upon Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah

[¶1] 1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of armies!

[¶2] 2 Long, yea, even faint doth my soul after the courts of Jehovah: My heart and my flesh leap for joy towards the living God.

[¶3] 3 Also the sparrow hath found a house for herself, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may place her young ones: O thine altars! thou Jehovah of armies! my King and my God!

[¶4] 4 Blessed are those who dwell in thy house: Continually they will be praising thee. Selah.

[¶5] 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; The ways [are] in their heart.

[¶6] 6 They passing through the valley of weeping, will together make it a fountain; Also the cisterns the rain will cover.

[¶7] 7 They will journey from strength to strength; Seen will be the God of gods in Zion.

[¶8] 8 O Jehovah, God of armies! hear my prayer: Hearken, O God of Jacob! Selah.

[¶9] 9 Our shield do thou behold, O God! And look upon the face of thy Christ.

[¶10] 10 For better is one day in thy courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

[¶11] 11 For a sun and shield is Jehovah God to us; Grace and glory give will Jehovah; He will not withhold any good from those who walk uprightly.

[¶12] 12 O Jehovah of armies! Blessed is the man who confideth in thee.