John Trapp on Psalms 84:3
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Psalms84:3
Verſ. 3. Yea the ſparrow] Avis communiſſima, haunteth about houſes, buildeth about windows, and there chirpeth.The Heb word ken for a neſt hath the firſt letter bigger than the reſt, to note Gods providence in teaching birds to build. Exclamatio pathetica ex abrupto. Trem.
And the Swallow a neſt for her ſelf, &c.] She hath her name in Hebrew from her liberty to flye boldly, and to neſtle in mens chimneyes, Prov. 26.2.
Even thine Altars] Or, Oh thine Altars! (ſo ſome read it) by a paſſionate exclamation, importing ſtrongeſt deſires after them. The want of Gods Ordinances ſhould pinch us to the heart.
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