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Psalm 84:4

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
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Notice

Dwelling in God’s house is pictured as a blessed life of praise, giving shape to the longing to be near him.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to …Both passages treasure dwelling in the LORD’s house, with Psalm 27 expressing the desire for what Psalm 84 calls blessed.
Psalm 15:1A Psalm by David. LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?Psalm 15 asks who may dwell in God’s sanctuary; Psalm 84 describes the blessing of those who dwell there.
Psalm 23:6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.Both passages speak of dwelling in the LORD’s house as something good, with Psalm 23 expressing confidence that it will continue forever.
Psalm 65:4Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.Both call life in God’s house blessed; Psalm 65 also names God’s choice in bringing a person near.
Isaiah 12:4–5In that day you will say, “Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Declare his doings among the peoples! Proclaim that his name is exalted!Both center on praise directed toward God, with Isaiah urging thanks and proclamation and Psalm 84 describing ongoing praise.
Revelation 7:15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.Both describe people in God’s dwelling place whose devotion continues, through praise in the psalm and service day and night in Revelation.
Luke 2:37and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.Both connect remaining in God’s house with sustained worship, expressed in Luke through fasting and petitions night and day.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. feeling distant from God. gratitude.

What the Bible says about worship →What the Bible says about doubt →What the Bible says about gratitude →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pause each morning to praise God for one thing

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Encouragement

The longing in the surrounding lines gives this blessing weight: those who dwell in God’s house have what the singer desires, a life spent praising God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).