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 OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH 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, indeed, it has also been consumed, For the courts of YHWH, My heart and my flesh cry aloud to 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

O YHWH, 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.

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

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 YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good To those walking in uprightness.

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

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