Psalms 84

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

To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

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,

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying 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.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

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

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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

Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

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

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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 a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

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.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

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

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.