2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
2 Always dreamed of a room in your house, where I could sing for joy to God-alive!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord . With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
81 My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
81 I'm homesick - longing for your salvation; I'm waiting for your word of hope.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word.
81 I am worn out waiting for your rescue, but I have put my hope in your word.
(Read Psalm 119:81-88)
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 84:2
Commentary on Psalm 84:1-7
(Read Psalm 84:1-7)
The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world; in them he enjoys the presence of the living God: this causes him to regret his absence from them. They are to his soul as the nest to the bird. Yet they are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven; but how can men desire to enter that holy habitation, who complain of Divine ordinances as wearisome? Those are truly happy, who go forth, and go on in the exercise of religion, in the strength of the grace of Jesus Christ, from whom all our sufficiency is. The pilgrims to the heavenly city may have to pass through many a valley of weeping, and many a thirsty desert; but wells of salvation shall be opened for them, and consolations sent for their support. Those that press forward in their Christian course, shall find God add grace to their graces. And those who grow in grace, shall be perfect in glory.