LOVE SONG. This is the intense language of love poetry. The psalmist finds the very courts of the temple to be beautiful (verses 1–2), not for their architectural virtues but because God is there (verse 2). He is fully aware that all of his heart’s deepest longings will be satisfied not by belief in some remote, impersonal divine force but only by a living God—one who is encountered as a personal, living presence (verse 2). Make constant, immediate fellowship with God a priority. Stop flitting around like a bird and learn to live a life near God (verse 3).
