Psalms 84

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

For the leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, 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.

How I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. Now heart and flesh cry for joy to 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.

Even the sparrow has found her a home and the swallow a nest, to lay her young, near your altar, 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.

Happy those who live in your house, praising you evermore. (Selah)

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].

Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.

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.

As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.

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).

From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.

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!

Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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 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 better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,

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 is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.

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

Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.