Psalms 84

1 “To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord of hosts!

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2 My soul desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto the living God.

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

3 Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: —[have I found] thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

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 Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. (Selah)

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

5 Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, [all] whose heart reflecteth on the paths [of righteousness].

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

6 Passing through the valley of weeping, they will change it into a spring: also the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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, each of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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

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

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

9 [Thou, ] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy anointed.

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

10 For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, 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 a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

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 Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.

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