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!

Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!

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 and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in 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.

For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord 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, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

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

Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

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

In the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set.

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

For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

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

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

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

Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

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 better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

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 God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

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

He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.