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!

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

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

Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (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 you, in whose heart are the highways up 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 Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength, each of them appeareth before God 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: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)

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

God, watch over our shield; show concern for your 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 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 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 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 O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.

Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.