Psalms 84

1 How lovely 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, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for 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 Yea, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even 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 they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. (Selah)

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

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

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

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

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

7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.

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: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

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

10 For a day in your 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.

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 the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.

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