Psalms 84

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O YHWH of hosts!

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of YHWH: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living El.

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O YHWH of hosts, my King, and my Elohim.

Yea, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (Selah)

Blessed are those who dwell in thy house. They will still be praising thee. (Selah)

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Passing through the valley of weeping they make it a place of springs. Yea, the early rain covers it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before Elohim.

They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 O YHWH Elohim of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O Elohim of Jacob. (Selah)

O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 Behold, O Elohim our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Elohim, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For YHWH Elohim is a sun and shield: YHWH will give favour and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield. Jehovah will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

12 O YHWH of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee.