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!

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

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

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Adonai. My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [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.

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.

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

Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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

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

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 Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers 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. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].

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

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·.

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

Behold, God our shield, look at the face of 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 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.

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 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.

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

Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], blessed is the man who trusts in you.