Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 84:1-7

"How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion]. Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion." — Psalms 84:1-7 (ASV)

The ordinances of God are the believer's solace in this evil world. In them he enjoys the presence of the living God, and this causes him to regret his absence from them; indeed, they are to his soul as the nest is to the bird.

Yet these ordinances are only an earnest of the happiness of heaven. But how can people desire to enter that holy habitation if they complain of Divine ordinances as wearisome?

Those are truly happy who go forth and go on in the exercise of religion, in the strength of the grace of Jesus Christ, from whom all our sufficiency comes.

The pilgrims to the heavenly city may have to pass through many a valley of weeping and many a thirsty desert, but wells of salvation shall be opened for them, and consolations sent for their support.

Those who press forward in their Christian course shall find God add grace to their graces. And those who grow in grace shall be perfect in glory.