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!

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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 yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto 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.

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine 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)

Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.

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

Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

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

They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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. (Selah)

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 shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

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 a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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 the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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

O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.