Dear Doug and Carol,
I deceided to look up the verses that death2self gave you. I think that if you look these up in the Strongs Concordence you wil find some wonderful things. If you don't have a Strongs go to:
www.blueletterbible.org
and you can find the references.
I just looked up the first few verses and was blessed:
[color=0000CC]Psa 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. [/color]
sparrow hath found a house =
1) bird, fowl
a) bird (singular)
b) birds (coll)
[color=0000CC]1) (Qal) to go early, depart early[/color]
Note it not only means a bird but to go early!
hath found =
1) to find, attain to
a) (Qal)
1) to find
a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
b) to find (what is lost)
c) to meet, encounter
d) to find (a condition)
e) to learn, devise
2) to find out
a) to find out
b) to detect
c) to guess
3) to come upon, light upon
a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
b) to hit
c) to befall
b) (Niphal)
1) to be found
a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
b) to appear, be recognised
c) to be discovered, be detected
d) to be gained, be secured
2) to be, be found
a) to be found in
b) to be in the possession of
c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
d) to be left (after war)
e) to be present
f) to prove to be
g) to be found sufficient, be enough
c) (Hiphil)
1) to cause to find, attain
2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
3) to cause to encounter
4) to present (offering)
an house =
1) house
a) house, dwelling habitation
b) shelter or abode of animals
c) human bodies (fig.)
d) of Sheol
e) of abode of light and darkness
f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
a) those belonging to the same household
b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
and the swallow =
1) a swallow, bird
1) a flowing, free run, liberty
a) flowing (of myrrh)
b) liberty
a nest =
1) nest
a) nest (of bird)
b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)
1) to make a nest
a) (Piel) to make a nest
b) (Pual) to be nested
[color=0000CC]Eze 31:6 All the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064 made their nests 07077 in his boughs 05589, and under his branches 06288 did all the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 bring forth their young 03205 , and under his shadow 06738 dwelt 03427 all great 07227 nations 01471. [/color]
for herself, where she may lay =
1) to put, set
a) (Qal)
1) to put, lay (hand upon)
2) to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to
3) to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform
4) to take one's stand
5) to lay waste
b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon
her young =
1) young, young one (of birds)
2) young birds
1) to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom
a) (Qal) to bud, sprout, send out shoots, blossom
b) (Hiphil)
1) to cause to bud or sprout
2) to show buds or sprouts
2) (Qal) to break out (of leprosy)
3) (Qal) to fly
[even] thine altars =
1) altar
1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
a) (Qal)
1) to slaughter for sacrifice
2) to slaughter for eating
3) to slaughter in divine judgment
b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice
O Lord =
Jehovah = "the existing One"
1) the proper name of the one true God
a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
a) (Qal)
1) -----
a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
b) to come about, come to pass
2) to come into being, become
a) to arise, appear, come
b) to become
1) to become
2) to become like
3) to be instituted, be established
3) to be
a) to exist, be in existence
b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
d) to accompany, be with
b) (Niphal)
1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
2) to be done, be finished, be gone
of hosts,=
1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host
a) army, host
1) host (of organised army)
2) host (of angels)
3) of sun, moon, and stars
4) of whole creation
b) war, warfare, service, go out to war
c) service
1) to go forth, wage war, fight, serve
a) (Qal)
1) to wage war, fight, go forth to war
2) to serve (at sacred tent)
b) (Hiphil) to cause to go forth, muster
my King,=
1) king
1) to be or become king or queen, reign
a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
2) to counsel, advise
a) (Niphal) to consider
and my God.=
1) (plural)
a) rulers, judges
b) divine ones
c) angels
d) gods
2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)
a) god, goddess
b) godlike one
c) works or special possessions of God
d) the (true) God
e) God
As you can see by just this one verse God has a lot for our in these two psalms. Study them carefully.
I am still praying for you. God loves you terribly.
