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!

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord 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 desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto 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.

Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: —[have I found] thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, [all] whose heart reflecteth on the paths [of righteousness].

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 will change it into a spring: also the early rain covereth 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 of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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

O Lord 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.

[Thou, ] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy 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 better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of 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 a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

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

O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.