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!
To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh 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 even languisheth—for the courts of Yahweh, —My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a 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.
Even the sparrow, hath found a home, And, the swallow, a nest for herself, where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh 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)
How happy are they who abide in thy house, —Still are they praising thee. (Selah)
5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.
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 balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.
7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength, Each one 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 Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer, —Give hear, thou 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.
Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.
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 a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.
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, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God, —Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.
12 O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.
O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!
