Psalms 84
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6. valley of Baca--or, "weeping." Through such, by reason of their dry and barren condition, the worshippers often had to pass to Jerusalem. As they might become wells, or fountains, or pools, supplied by refreshing rain, so the grace of God, by the exercises of His worship, refreshes and revives the hearts of His people, so that for sorrows they have "rivers of delight" ( Psalms 36:8 , 46:4 ).
7. The figure of the pilgrim is carried out. As such daily refit their bodily strength till they reach Jerusalem, so the spiritual worshipper is daily supplied with spiritual strength by God's grace till he appears before God in heaven.
appeareth . . . God--the terms of the requisition for the attendance on the feasts (compare Deuteronomy 16:16 ),
9. God is addressed as a shield (compare Psalms 84:11 ).
thine anointed--David ( 1 Samuel 16:12 ).
10. I had . . . doorkeeper--literally, "I choose to sit on the threshold," the meanest place.
11, 12. As a sun God enlightens ( Psalms 27:1 ); as a shield He protects.
grace--God's favor, its fruit--
glory--the honor He bestows.
uprightly--( Psalms 15:2 , 18:23 ).
12. that trusteth--constantly.