Psalms 84

1 [For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.] How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of hosts.

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord of hosts!

2 My soul longs, yes, yearns for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

My soul desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto the living God.

3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: —[have I found] thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are ever praising you. (Selah)

Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, [all] whose heart reflecteth on the paths [of righteousness].

6 Passing through the Valley of Baca, he makes it into a spring. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

Passing through the valley of weeping, they will change it into a spring: also the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

They go from strength to strength, each of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 LORD, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. (Selah)

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 Look, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

[Thou, ] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy anointed.

10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

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

O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.