"How dear to me your dwelling"

COMMENT William writes: The posting from Friday's Night Office reading, 3rd week of Lent, has really fascinated me! The translation of Ps 84 (83).. "How dear to me your dwelling" set me examining all my available translations, and none could come near to that exquisite personal phrase. I should love to know from which translation you were quoting! Psalm 84 - Dom Donald's Blog : How dear to me your dwelling place, Lord God of hosts! My soul is yearning for the courts of the Lord. Ps 84 – NAB : How lovely your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord. Ps 84 – AMP : How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for the courts of the Lord. Ps 84 – NJB : How lovely are your dwelling-places, Yahweh Sabaoth. My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh’s courts. Ps 84 – NRSV : How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord. Ps 84 – CCB : How lovely are your rooms, O Lord of hosts! My soul yearns, pines, for the courts of the Lord. Ps 84 – TEV : How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty! How I want to be there! I long to be in the Lord’s Temple. Ps 84 - NIV : How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns , even faints, for the courts of the LORD. Ps 84 – NLT : How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. Ps 83 – Knox : Lord of hosts, how I love thy dwelling-place! For the courts of the Lord’s house, my soul faints with longing. Ps 83 – Grail (Divine Office) : How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, God of hosts. My soul is longing and yearning, is yearning for the courts of the Lord. [You can see where the housekeeping has gone... I managed to purchase the OT Knox translation 2 vols for £8, and NT Knox £8, from off the very top shelf in the attic of the local 2nd hand book shop!]. But your posting was of much more than the opening words of the psalm: the filial relation of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The clarity of the explanation by Cyril of Alexandria is wonderful! Placing the words in my own order, starting from the conclusion, this is what I found myself transcribing into my pocket book for further, and lasting reflection: We have been justified...by our faith in Christ, who was delivered up for our sins and raised for our justification... there [is] nothing to hinder us from having access to him and adhering to him in close communion through participation in the Holy Spirit, who restores to us our original righteousness and holiness... Our return to God is not accomplished by Christ our Saviour except through the Spirit in which he causes us to share and by which we are sanctified, for it is the Spirit that binds us to God and in a real way makes us one with him. By receiving the Spirit through the Son we become sharers in the divine nature and, in the Son, we receive the Father also. That really was a treat - thank you! William ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank you, William. Your COMMENT raises even livelier hares. After the snow prolonging into March I have been looking for the proverbial March Hare. And I have only seen one so far. But about your “hare”, I have been stumped by your noticing of the Ps 84(83) “exquisite personal phrase”, "How dear to me your dwelling" You searched and I am searching . . . until we find the Bible Version!