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 leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, 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.

How I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. Now heart and flesh cry for joy to 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 the sparrow has found her a home and the swallow a nest, to lay her young, near your altar, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

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

Happy those who live in your house, praising you evermore. (Selah)

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

Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.

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

As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.

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

From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.

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

Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, 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 defender, and look upon your 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 a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,

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 the Lord is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.

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

Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.