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Psalm 84
Jehovah's
courts and the way there
Psalm 84 contemplates the
blessedness of going up to the courts of Jehovah, yet, in
the figurative allusion to the road thither, refers to
the path of tears which His people have had to tread
towards their blessings. Thus it has a full moral force,
and is instructive for Christians as for Jews. In Psalm
63 the people cast out were longing for God Himself, and
found, in spite of all, even in the dry and thirsty land,
marrow and fatness in Him. In this psalm it is the joys
of His house that occupy their soul, as entering into the
enjoyment of covenant blessings. Not but that the living
God is longed for; but it is in His courts. "Blessed
are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still
praising thee." Brought in there, such is the
blessing. They will have nought to do but praise. This is
the first great theme of blessing. It is blessing,
perfect and complete in its nature. It is at the end.
But there is the way.
"Blessed is he whose strength is in
Jehovah"—in whose heart are the known ways that
lead to the house. This characterises the state of
soul—their strength in Jehovah—their heart in
the ways that lead to Him. This path of blessing is
through trial; for hence is the need of strength. And the
way is loved and taken, whatever it may be, that leads to
Him. They pass through the vale of tears—it becomes
a well to them; for by these things men live, and in all
these things is the life of the spirit. Besides, from on
high the rain fills the pools in that thirsty land. They
use their strength, no doubt. It is put to the test; but
they renew it—go from strength to strength, till all
appear before God in Zion. They are a praying people.
Dependence is exercised in confidence in grace.
Jehovah's
Anointed, now the link between Him and His people
The covenant name here is
again introduced—Jehovah of hosts—God of Jacob.
He is His people's shield: they seek that He should look
upon His anointed. This was now the link between Jehovah
and His people, not the law they had broken. They appear
before God in Zion. But that is the place of royal
deliverance in grace. Nor can the interests of the people
and the anointed be now separated. The blessing rested on
Him, and on them because of Him. The heart's interest in
the kind of blessing is then sweetly and strongly
expressed, and the sum of what Jehovah is, which makes it
such, is declared from the heart. He is light,
protection, gives grace and glory, and withholds no good
thing from them who walk uprightly. The thought of what
Jehovah is makes him resume all in one conscious word.
"O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts
in thee."
The way opened to
Zion; royal deliverance in grace
It is a most beautiful
returning celebration of Jehovah their covenant God with
their heart, when the way, though through sorrow, is now
opened to them into His known presence. Psalm 63 was joy
in God in the desert, when they had nothing else—the
real character of one enhancing the depth and sweetness
of the blessing of the other. This is joy in Him when
brought, or going up, to the enjoyment of Him in the
midst of what surrounds His presence. The following psalm
takes up the blessing of the land, and delivered people.
In those that follow after we shall find Christ Himself,
as far as connected with the people, still with a view to
the covenant relation subsisting between Jehovah and His
people.
Psalm 84:
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