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 OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH 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 desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, For the courts of YHWH, My heart and my flesh cry aloud 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our shield, see, O God, And behold 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 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.

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

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

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