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. |