Psalm 84:8

8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.

Psalm 84:8 in Other Translations

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude

8 God of the Angel Armies, listen: O God of Jacob, open your ears - I'm praying!

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah

8 O LORD God, commander of armies, hear my prayer. Open your ears, O God of Jacob. Selah

8 Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah

8 LORD God who rules over all, hear my prayer. God of the people of Jacob, listen to me. "Selah"

Psalm 84:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 84:8

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer
the redemption of the captives, says Kimchi; for the building of the house, the temple, according to Jarchi; but rather for the courts of God, an opportunity of attending them, and for the presence of God in them; see ( Psalms 84:2 ) in which he might hope to succeed, from the consideration of the Lord's being the God of hosts, or armies, in heaven and in earth; and so was able to do everything for him, and more for him than he could ask or think; his arm was not shortened, nor his ear heavy, ( Isaiah 59:1 ) , and as this character is expressive of his power, the following is of his grace:

give ear, O God of Jacob;
he being the covenant God of the people of Israel in general, and of David in particular; from whence he might comfortably conclude he would give ear to him, and it carries in it an argument why he should.

Selah. (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).

Psalm 84:8 In-Context

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.

9 Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 4:1