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!

How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!

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, and even faints for the courts of Adonai. My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [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.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s 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.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

5 Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascend

Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

6 from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.

Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

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. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].

8 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob.

Adonai, Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer. Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter]. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

9 O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ.

Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

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 courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ethical wickedness.

11 For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.

For Adonai God is a sun and a shield. Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty glory·. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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.

Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], blessed is the man who trusts in you.