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 of the music. On 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 longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud 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.

The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By 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 they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! (Pause)

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

Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [[to Jerusalem]]!

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 fountain; and the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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

They go on 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)

Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! (Pause)

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

Look down, O God! our shield, And behold 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 spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than 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 doth 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 the man who trusteth in thee!