Psalms 84

1 How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!

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, and even faints for the courts of Adonai. My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [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, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], 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 always praising you. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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 Weeping, they make it a place of springs. 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 [Mountain ridge, Marking].

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

8 Adonai, Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer. Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter]. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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

9 Behold, 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 my God, than to dwell in the tents of ethical 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 Adonai God is a sun and a shield. Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty 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 Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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