Psalm 84:1-12 · Psalm 84

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty!

2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your altar, O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Selah

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

8 Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah

9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

12 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

The God of Grace and Glory
Psalm 84:11
Sermon
by James Merritt
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Let me ask you a question. What is God to you? Sometimes you ought to just stop and really think and meditate on that one question. Or maybe I should say, Who is God to you?

Without question, the psalmist who penned Psalm 84:11 had a deep relationship with God. He knew what God was; He knew who God was. I love this verse.

Whenever I am asked to sign a Bible, I'll put this verse at the end of my signature. Listen to it:

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold from
Those who walk uprightly." (v.11)

In just that short verse of Scripture, we are told enough about who God is, and what God does, that should make us want to burst out in praise and adoration and exaltation all the day long. I see something here about the protect…

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