Psalms 84:2

“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord, etc.] The courts of the tabernacle now at Gibeon, though the ark was in Zion, (<140103>2 Chronicles 1:3-6) as the court of the priests, and the court of the Israelites, in which latter the people in common stood: after these David longed; he longed to enter into them, and stand in them, and worship God there; which soul longings and hearty desires were the fruits and evidences of true grace, of being born again; so newly born souls desire the sincere milk of the word, and the breasts of Gospel ordinances, as a newly born babe desires its mother’s milk and breast; and he even “fainted”, through disappointment, or length of time,…”

“My soul longeth - The word used here means properly to be pale; then, to be faint or weak; and then, to pine after, to long for, to desire earnestly. It would properly denote such a longing or desire as to make one faint or exhausted; that is, it indicates intense desire. In Psalms 17:12, it is applied to a hungry lion; “Like a lion that is greedy of its prey.” In Genesis 31:30, it conveys the idea of intense desire: “Because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house.” For an illustration of the sentiment here expressed, see the notes at Psalms 42:1-2. Yea, even fainteth - Is exhausted; fails of its strength. The word means properly to be completed, finished; then to be consumed, to be…”

“soul: Psa 42:1, Psa 42:2, Psa 63:1, Psa 63:2, Psa 73:26, Psa 119:20, Psa 119:81, Psa 143:6; Sol 2:4, Sol 2:5, Sol 5:8 heart: Job 23:3; Isa 26:9, Isa 64:1 Psalms 84:3”