Psalms 84

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

How lovely are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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,

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries 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.

Yea, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. (Selah)

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

Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the ways of them.

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

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools.

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

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.

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

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

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

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 courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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

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