Psalm 84:4

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.^[a]

Psalm 84:4 in Other Translations

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah

4 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude

4 How blessed they are to live and sing there!

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. [Selah

4 Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. Selah

4 How happy are those who reside in Your house, who praise You continually. Selah

4 Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. "Selah"

Psalm 84:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 84:4

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house
The house of God, in his tabernacles and courts; referring to the priests and Levites, who were frequently officiating there, in their turns, night and day; and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Gibeon, where the ark and tabernacle were, who had frequent opportunities of attendance on divine worship: and happy are those who have a name and place in the church of God, who abide there, and never go out; see ( Psalms 65:4 ) , the Targum is,

``blessed are the righteous''

and the Arabic version, "blessed are all they that dwell, &c", they are happy on account of their settlement, and also on account of their work, as follows:

they will be still praising thee;
which is delightful employment; for praise is pleasant and comely; and in which they are continually and constantly engaged, as their mercies return upon them, as they do every day; and especially on Lord's days, or at the stated times of public worship; such will bless and praise the Lord, both for temporal and spiritual blessings, as long as they live; see ( Hebrews 13:15 ) .

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

Psalm 84:4 In-Context

2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

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

Footnotes

• [a] The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.