Psalms 84
1 Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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!
2 My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.
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.
3 For even the sparrow has found a home for himself, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
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.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord. They will praise you from age to age.
Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah)
5 Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascend
Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.
Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.
7 For even the lawgiver will provide a blessing; they will go from virtue to virtue. The God of gods will be seen in Zion.
They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
8 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob.
O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
9 O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ.
O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
10 For one day in your courts is better than thousands elsewhere. I have chosen to be lowly in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
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.
11 For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.
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.
12 He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you.
O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.
