< 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 music director. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. On the gittith. How wonderful is the place where you live, Lord Almighty!
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,
I long, I ache, to be in the courts of the Lord. My mind and my body sing for joy to 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 a sparrow finds a home there, and a swallow builds a nest for herself where she can raise her chicks near to your altars, Lord Almighty, my king and my God.
4 O the blessedness of those inhabiting Your house, Yet they praise You. (Selah)
How happy are those who live in your house—they are always praising you! (Selah)
5 O the blessedness of a man whose strength is in You, Highways [are] in their heart.
How happy are those whose strength is in you, those who are determined to make a pilgrimage.
6 Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, The early rain covers it with pools.
As they walk through the Valley of Tears it becomes a spring of water; autumn rains cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, He appears to God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength, and each one will appear before God in Jerusalem.
8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
Lord God Almighty, please hear my prayer; please listen, God of Jacob. (Selah)
9 Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Your anointed,
Please God, look at our defender, look at the face of your anointed one.
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.
One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes 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 our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.
12 YHWH of Hosts! O the blessedness of a man trusting in You.
Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you.

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