< 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!
For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is the place where you live, Yahweh 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.
I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out to 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.
Even the sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, 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 they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (Selah)
5 Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascend
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.
6 from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.
Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover 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; every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob.
Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)
9 O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ.
God, watch over our shield; show concern for 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 one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to live within the tents of the wicked.
11 For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.
For Yahweh God is our sun and shield; Yahweh will give grace and glory; he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.
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.
Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.