Psalms 84

1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH of Hosts!

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

2 My soul desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, For the courts of YHWH, My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God,

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even a sparrow has found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she has placed her brood—Your altars, O YHWH of Hosts, My king and my God.

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

4 O the blessedness of those inhabiting Your house, Yet they praise You. (Selah)

How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You.

5 O the blessedness of a man whose strength is in You, Highways [are] in their heart.

Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

6 Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, The early rain covers it with pools.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

7 They go from strength to strength, He appears to God in Zion.

They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

8 O YHWH, 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.

9 Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Your anointed,

Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts [is] good, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

11 For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good To those walking in uprightness.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

12 YHWH of Hosts! O the blessedness of a man trusting in You.

O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!