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 OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH 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, indeed, it has also been consumed, For the courts of YHWH, My heart and my flesh cry aloud 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.

Even a sparrow has found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she has placed her brood—Your altars, O YHWH of Hosts, My king and my God.

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

O the blessedness of those inhabiting Your house, Yet they praise You. (Selah)

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

O the blessedness of a man whose strength is in You, Highways [are] in their heart.

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

Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, The early rain covers it with pools.

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

They go from strength to strength, He appears to God in Zion.

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

O YHWH, 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.

Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Your 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 Your courts [is] good, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in 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 YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good To those walking in uprightness.

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

YHWH of Hosts! O the blessedness of a man trusting in You.