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 Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.] How lovely are your dwellings, YHWH 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 longs, yes, yearns for the courts of YHWH. My heart and my flesh cry out for 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.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, YHWH 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 those who dwell in your house. They are ever praising you. (Selah)

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

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

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, he makes it into a spring. Yes, the autumn rain covers 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. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

YHWH, the God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, 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.

Look, God our shield, look at the face of your 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 your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of 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 YHWH God is a sun and a shield. YHWH will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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

YHWH of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.