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. On "the Gittith." For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh 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, longeth—yea even languisheth—for the courts of Yahweh, —My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a 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 the sparrow, hath found a home, And, the swallow, a nest for herself, where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My king and my God!

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

How happy are they who abide in thy house, —Still are they praising thee. (Selah)

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

How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions 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.

Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.

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

They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

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

O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer, —Give hear, thou God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.

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, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

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 Yahweh God, —Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.

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

O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!