Psalms 84

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

How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s 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,

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Adonai. My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [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 a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], my King, and my God.

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

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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

Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

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

Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

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

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].

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

Adonai, Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer. Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter]. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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

Behold, God our shield, look at 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 better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ethical 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 Adonai God is a sun and a shield. Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty glory·. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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

Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], blessed is the man who trusts in you.