< Psalms 84 >
1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
How lovely are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for 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 LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
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.
4 Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (Selah)
Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. (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 you; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of your anointed.
10 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.
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.
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 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.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.