84-89 (A2). THE SANCTUARY IN ITS RELATION TO JEHOVAH.
84 (F1). THE BLESSEDNESS OF ITS WORSHIPPERS. (Introversion and Alternation.)

F1 D F     1-4 Blessedness of dwellers.
            1. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
            2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
            3. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
            4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
      G   5-7 Blessedness of approachers.
            5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
            6. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
            7. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
        E 8 Prayer.
            8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
        E 9 Prayer.
            9. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
  D F     10 Blessedness of dwellers. "For". (Reason of F.)
            10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
      G   11,12 Blessedness of approachers. "For". (Reason of G.)
            11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
            12. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

1-4 (F, above). BLESSEDNESS OF ITS DWELLERS. (Introversion.)

F a     1 "Thy tabernacles".
          1. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
    b   2 Desire for the courts of Jehovah.
          2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
      c 3∼ As the sparrow.
          3∼. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,
      c ∼3∼ As the swallow.
          ∼3∼. and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
    b   ∼3 Desire for the altars of Jehovah.
          ∼3. even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
  a     4 "Thy house".
          4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5-7 (G, above). BLESSEDNESS OF APPROACHERS. (Introversion.)

G d     5∼ Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee. (Singular.)  
          5∼. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;  
    e   ∼5 [They] in whose heart are [Thy] ways. (Plural.)  
          ∼5. in whose heart are the ways of them.  
      f 6∼ Those passing through the valley of the weeping, make it a place of springs. The Valley.
          6∼. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;  
      f ∼6 The early rain filleth its pools. The Valley.
          ∼6. the rain also filleth the pools.  
    e   7∼ They go from strength to strength. (Plural.)  
          7∼. They go from strength to strength,  
  d     ∼7 He (the "man" of v. 5,d) appeareth before God in Zion. (Singular.)  
          ∼7. every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.