Psalms 84

1 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2 My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

Yea, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will praise thee evermore. (Pause)

Blessed are those who dwell in thy house. They will still be praising thee. (Selah)

5 Blessed is the man whose help is of thee, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.

Passing through the valley of weeping they make it a place of springs. Yea, the early rain covers it with blessings.

7 They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. (Pause)

O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield. Jehovah will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in thee.

O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee.