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 chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is the place where you live, Yahweh 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,

I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out 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 house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (Selah)

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

Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.

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

Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover it with blessings.

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

They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears before God in Zion.

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

Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)

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

God, watch over our shield; show concern for 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 one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to live within the tents 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 Yahweh God is our sun and shield; Yahweh will give grace and glory; he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.

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

Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.