The interpretation timeline

Ps 84:7

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Patristic · 1 Jewish

Ps 84:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
420
A.D.
Jerome Patristic
c. A.D. 347–420
“"Show us, O Lord, your kindness, and grant us your salvation." The Savior's descent is the work of God's mercy. He would not have come as a physician if most people were not sick. Because so many were sick, he came as Physician; because we were in need of compassion, he came as Savior.”
685 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“Will You not ultimately return and revive us, for [so] You promised us through Your prophet.”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.