Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 84:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 84:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 84:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse means that even small birds, like sparrows and swallows, can find a home near God. It shows how God cares for all His creatures and wants everyone to be close to Him, like a loving home.

Psalms 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.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

Unlike Psalms 84:3 which depicts sparrows finding a home near God's altar, Matthew 6:26 suggests that even without a home, birds are cared for by God.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Luke 9:58

While Psalms 84:3 speaks of birds finding a stable dwelling near altars, Luke 9:58 illustrates the notion of having no permanent home.

Luke 9:58: And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.

Contradiction with Job 39:27-28

Contrary to sparrows finding sanctuary near God's altars in Psalms 84:3, Job 39:27-28 describes eagles seeking high, remote places for their homes, far from human structures.

Job 39:27-28: Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? [at...: Heb. by thy mouth]

Contradiction with Isaiah 34:11

This verse describes birds inhabiting desolate places, which contrasts the depiction in Psalms 84:3 where they dwell near a sacred, populated place.

Isaiah 34:11: But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. [cormorant: or, pelican]
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