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 leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, 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,

How I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. Now heart and flesh cry 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 the sparrow has found her a home and the swallow a nest, to lay her young, near your altar, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

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

Happy those who live in your house, praising you evermore. (Selah)

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

Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.

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

As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.

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

From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.

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

Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon 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 better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,

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 is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.

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

Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.