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. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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