< 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 choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
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, 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.
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
4 How blessed! [are those who] dwell of house your still they praise you (Selah)
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You.
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, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 [those who] pass - In [the] valley of Baca a spring they make it also blessings it covers [it] early rain.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength he presents himself to God in Zion.
They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
8 O Yahweh God of hosts hear! prayer my give ear! O God of Jacob (Selah)
O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.
9 Shield our look at O God and pay attention to [the] face of anointed your.
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on 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 better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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 gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
12 O Yahweh of hosts how blessed! [is] anyone [who] trusts in you.
O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!