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 chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O 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,

My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for 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.

Yes, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (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 thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].

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

[Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

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

They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.

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

O LORD 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,

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thy 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 thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the 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 the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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

O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.