Psalms 84

1 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!

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

2 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.

My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

3 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.

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

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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

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

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

7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes 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 armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

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

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

10 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.

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 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.

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

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