Psalms 84

1 Lord, you who are the Commander of the armies of angels, your temple is very beautiful!

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

2 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.

My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.

3 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.

Yes, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

4 (Happy are/You are pleased with) those who (live/continually worship) in your temple, constantly singing to praise you.

Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. (Pause)

5 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].

Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up

6 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.

the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.

7 [As a result, those who travel through there] become stronger/refreshed [knowing that] they will appear in your presence (on Zion [Hill]/in Jerusalem).

They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

8 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!

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. (Pause)

9 God, be kind to [IDM] our king, the one who protects us [MTY], the one whom you have chosen [MTY] [to rule us].

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of your anointed.

10 [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].

For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

11 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.

For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

12 Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, (happy are/you are pleased with) those who trust in you!

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.