< 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; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is the place where you live, Yahweh 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.
I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out to 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 her a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 How blessed! [are those who] dwell of house your still they praise you (Selah)
Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (Selah)
5 How blessed! [is] a person [who] strength to him [is] in you [whom] highways [are] in heart their.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.
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 Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover 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)
Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)
9 Shield our look at O God and pay attention to [the] face of anointed your.
God, watch over our shield; show concern for 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 one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to live within 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 Yahweh God is our sun and shield; Yahweh will give grace and glory; he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.
12 O Yahweh of hosts how blessed! [is] anyone [who] trusts in you.
Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.