Psalms 84

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

Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!

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 longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced 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.

For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy 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 thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

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

Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

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

In the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set.

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

For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: 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: give ear, O God of Jacob.

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

Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

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 thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles 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 God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

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

He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.