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 musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord 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 desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy 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.

Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: —[have I found] 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.

Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, [all] whose heart reflecteth on the paths [of righteousness].

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 will change it into a spring: also 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, each of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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. (Selah)

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

[Thou, ] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy 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 better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of 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 a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

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

O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.