Psalms 84

1 For the leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, Lord of hosts!

For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is the place where you live, Yahweh of hosts!

2 How I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. Now heart and flesh cry for joy to the living God.

I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out to the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found her a home and the swallow a nest, to lay her young, near your altar, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

Even the sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, my King, and my God.

4 Happy those who live in your house, praising you evermore. (Selah)

Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (Selah)

5 Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.

6 As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.

Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover it with blessings.

7 From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)

9 Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon your anointed,

God, watch over our shield; show concern for your anointed.

10 for better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,

For one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to live within the tents of the wicked.

11 for the Lord is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.

For Yahweh God is our sun and shield; Yahweh will give grace and glory; he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.

12 Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.

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