Psalms 84

1 To the Overseer. — 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' — A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!

To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

2 My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

3 (Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood, ) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

4 O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. (Selah)

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah)

5 O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart.

Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.

Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

7 They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

10 For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

11 For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

12 Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.