Psalm 84:2

2 Thou hast forgiven thy people their transgressions; thou has covered all their sins. Pause.

Psalm 84:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 84:2

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord,
&c.] The courts of the tabernacle now at Gibeon, though the ark was in Zion, ( 2 Chronicles 1:3-6 ) as the court of the priests, and the court of the Israelites, in which latter the people in common stood: after these David longed; he longed to enter into them, and stand in them, and worship God there; which soul longings and hearty desires were the fruits and evidences of true grace, of being born again; so newly born souls desire the sincere milk of the word, and the breasts of Gospel ordinances, as a newly born babe desires its mother's milk and breast; and he even "fainted", through disappointment, or length of time, being impatient of the returning season and opportunity of treading in them; see ( Psalms 42:1 ) ( 63:1 ) ,

my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God;
he only inwardly desired, and secretly fainted, but audibly cried out in his distress, and verbally expressed, great vehemence, his desire to enjoy the living God: it was not merely the courts, but God in them, that he wanted; even that God which has life in himself, with whom is the fountain of life; who gives life to others, natural, spiritual, and eternal, and in whose favour is life; yea, whose lovingkindness is better than life, and which was the thing longed and thirsted after: and these desires were the desires of the whole man, soul and body; not only he cried with his mouth and lips, signified by his flesh, but with his heart also, sincerely and heartily; his heart went along with his mouth.

Psalm 84:2 In-Context

1 O Lord, thou has taken pleasure in thy land: thou hast turned back the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven thy people their transgressions; thou has covered all their sins. Pause.

3 Thou has caused all thy wrath to cease: thou hast turned from thy fierce anger.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and turn thy anger away from us.

5 Wouldest thou be angry with us for ever? or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?

6 O God, thou wilt turn and quicken us; and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hear what the Lord God will say concerning me: for he shall speak peace to his people, and to his saints, and to those that turn their heart toward him.

9 Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

12 For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her fruit. Psalms 85:1 (This chapter is not yet available)