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!

To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

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

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for 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.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

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

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strength is in you; 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.

Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

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

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

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

O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: 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.

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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 your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

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.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

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

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.