The Meaning of Psalms 84:2 Explained

Psalms 84:2

KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

YLT: My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

Darby: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

ASV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Discover Psalms 84:2

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 84:2?

MEANING: What does Psalms 84:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 84:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 84:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My soul  longeth,  yea, even fainteth  for the courts  of the LORD:  my heart  and my flesh  crieth out  for the living  God. 

What does Psalms 84:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 84:1-12 - Longing For The House Of God
This is one of the sweetest of the Psalms. David probably composed it during his absence from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's rebellion, though its final form may have been due to the sons of Korah. It is divided into three parts by the Selahs.
They who dwell in thy house, Psalms 84:1-4. The psalmist envies the winged things that rest in those hallowed precincts, and how much more the priests and Levites who serve there! Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but man can rest only in God.
Those in whose hearts are the ways of Zion, Psalms 84:5-8. We may not be able actually to walk along those ways, but it is good to tread them in living sympathy with the saints, and to unite ourselves to the pilgrim hosts. Those absent from God's house may in their heart join the great congregation. Thus dry and desolate valleys may become filled with water springs, making them green and beautiful. When the heart is right with God, the desert becomes a temple, and tears are exchanged for smiles.
The man who trusts in thee, Psalms 84:9-12. God is better than His sanctuary. He is a Sun in dark hours, and a Shadow in scorching ones. Grace is His unmerited pardon and blessing to sinners; glory the irradiation of His character, into the likeness of which we shall be changed. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 84

1  The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary
4  Shows how blessed they are that dwell therein
8  He prays to be restored unto it

What do the individual words in Psalms 84:2 mean?

longs and yes even faints My soul for the courts of Yahweh My heart and my flesh cry out for the God living
נִכְסְפָ֬ה וְגַם־ כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ לְחַצְר֪וֹת יְה֫וָ֥ה לִבִּ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֑י יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ אֶ֣ל אֵֽל־ חָֽי

נִכְסְפָ֬ה  longs 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּסַף  
Sense: to long for, yearn for, long after.
וְגַם־  and  yes  even 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀  faints 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
נַפְשִׁי֮  My  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
לְחַצְר֪וֹת  for  the  courts 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
יְה֫וָ֥ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לִבִּ֥י  My  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וּבְשָׂרִ֑י  and  my  flesh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ  cry  out 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רוּן 
Sense: to overcome.
אֵֽל־  the  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
חָֽי  living 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 84:2?

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