Psalms 84:8 (GNV)

Passage

O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah.

Nearby Context

Psalms 84:6 They going through the vale of Baca, make welles therein: the raine also couereth the pooles.

Psalms 84:7 They goe from strength to strength, till euery one appeare before God in Zion.

Psalms 84:8 O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah.

Psalms 84:9 Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.

Psalms 84:10 For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "hostes", "heare", "prayer", "hearken", "iaakob", and "selah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "hostes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "They goe from strength to strength till..." into verse 9's "Beholde O God our shielde and looke...", so "lord" and "hostes" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "hostes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.