< Psalms 84 >
1 To the choirmaster on the Gittith of [the] sons of Korah a psalm. How! lovely [are] dwelling place your O Yahweh of hosts.
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!
2 It has longed and also it is exhausted - being my for [the] courts of Yahweh heart my and flesh my they shout for joy to God living.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Also a bird - it has found a home and a swallow - a nest for itself which it has put young ones its with altars your O Yahweh of hosts king my and God my.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
4 How blessed! [are those who] dwell of house your still they praise you (Selah)
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. (Selah)
5 How blessed! [is] a person [who] strength to him [is] in you [whom] highways [are] in heart their.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6 [those who] pass - In [the] valley of Baca a spring they make it also blessings it covers [it] early rain.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength he presents himself to God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8 O Yahweh God of hosts hear! prayer my give ear! O God of Jacob (Selah)
LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. (Selah)
9 Shield our look at O God and pay attention to [the] face of anointed your.
Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
10 For [is] good a day in courts your more than a thousand I have chosen to stand at [the] threshold in [the] house of God my more than dwelling in [the] tents of wickedness.
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 wickedness.
11 For [is] a sun - and a shield Yahweh God favor and honor he gives Yahweh not he withholds good to [those who] walk in blamelessness.
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts how blessed! [is] anyone [who] trusts in you.
LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.