Psalms 84

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

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

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

Yea, the sparrow hath 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.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. (Selah)

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

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

8 O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.

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

9 Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

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

10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.