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 end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, 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, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in 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.

Yes, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] 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)

Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. (Pause)

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

Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up

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

the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.

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

They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

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

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. (Pause)

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

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon 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 one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

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 loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

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

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.