Psalms 84

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

My soul longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My king and my God!

4 Blessed are those who dwell in thy house. They will still be praising thee. (Selah)

Happy they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! (Pause)

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [[to Jerusalem]]!

6 Passing through the valley of weeping they make it a place of springs. Yea, the early rain covers it with blessings.

Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a fountain; and the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

They go on from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! (Pause)

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Look down, O God! our shield, And behold the face of thine anointed!

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield. Jehovah will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.

12 O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee.

O LORD of hosts! Happy the man who trusteth in thee!