Psalms 84

1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

My soul longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My king and my God!

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (Selah)

Happy they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! (Pause)

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [[to Jerusalem]]!

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a fountain; and the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

They go on from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! (Pause)

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Look down, O God! our shield, And behold the face of thine anointed!

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.

12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

O LORD of hosts! Happy the man who trusteth in thee!