< Psalms 84 >
1 to/for to conduct upon [the] Gittith to/for son: descendant/people Korah melody what? beloved tabernacle your LORD Hosts
Lord, you who are the Commander of the armies of angels, your temple is very beautiful!
2 to long and also to end: expend soul my to/for court LORD heart my and flesh my to sing to(wards) God alive
I [SYN] would like to be there; Yahweh, I desire that very much [DOU]. With all of my inner being I sing joyfully to you, the all-powerful God.
3 also bird to find house: home and swallow nest to/for her which to set: put young her with altar your LORD Hosts king my and God my
Even sparrows and swallows have built nests [near your temple, where you protect them] [DOU]; they take care of their young babies near the altars [where people offer sacrifices to] you, who are the commander of the armies of heaven, and my king and my God.
4 blessed to dwell house: home your still to boast: praise you (Selah)
(Happy are/You are pleased with) those who (live/continually worship) in your temple, constantly singing to praise you.
5 blessed man strength to/for him in/on/with you highway in/on/with heart their
Happy are those who [know that] you are the one who causes them to be strong, those who strongly desire to (make the trip/go) to Zion [Hill].
6 to pass in/on/with Valley (of Topheth) [the] (Tophet of) Baca spring to set: make him also blessing to enwrap rain/teacher
While they travel through the [dry] Baca Valley, [you cause] it to become a place where there are springs of water, where the rains (in the autumn/before the cold season) fill the valley with pools of water.
7 to go: went from strength to(wards) strength to see: see to(wards) God in/on/with Zion
[As a result, those who travel through there] become stronger/refreshed [knowing that] they will appear in your presence (on Zion [Hill]/in Jerusalem).
8 LORD God Hosts to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my to listen [emph?] God Jacob (Selah)
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, listen to my prayer; God, who [is worshiped by us (descendants of] Jacob/Israeli people), hear [IDM] what I am saying!
9 shield our to see: see God and to look face anointed your
God, be kind to [IDM] our king, the one who protects us [MTY], the one whom you have chosen [MTY] [to rule us].
10 for pleasant day in/on/with court your from thousand to choose to stand in/on/with house: temple God my from to dwell in/on/with tent wickedness
[For me], spending one day in your temple is better than spending 1,000 days somewhere else; [standing] at the entrance to your temple, [ready to go inside], is better than living in the tents/homes where wicked [people live].
11 for sun and shield LORD God favor and glory to give: give LORD not to withhold good to/for to go: walk in/on/with unblemished: blameless
Yahweh our God is [like] the sun [that shines on us] and [like] a shield [that protects us] [MET]; he is kind to [us] and honors [us]. Yahweh does not refuse to give any good thing/blessing to those who do what is right.
12 LORD Hosts blessed man to trust in/on/with you
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, (happy are/you are pleased with) those who trust in you!