Psalmorum 84
1 In finem, pro torcularibus filiis Core. Psalmus. Quam dilecta tabernacula tua, Domine virtutum!
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
2 Concupiscit, et deficit anima mea in atria Domini; cor meum et caro mea exsultaverunt in Deum vivum.
My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.
3 Etenim passer invenit sibi domum, et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos: altaria tua, Domine virtutum, rex meus, et Deus meus.
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 Beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine; in sæcula sæculorum laudabunt te.
Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. (Pause)
5 Beatus vir cujus est auxilium abs te: ascensiones in corde suo disposuit,
Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up
6 in valle lacrimarum, in loco quem posuit.
the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.
7 Etenim benedictionem dabit legislator; ibunt de virtute in virtutem: videbitur Deus deorum in Sion.
They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
8 Domine Deus virtutum, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe, Deus Jacob.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. (Pause)
9 Protector noster, aspice, Deus, et respice in faciem christi tui.
Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of your anointed.
10 Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia; elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum.
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 Quia misericordiam et veritatem diligit Deus: gratiam et gloriam dabit Dominus.
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 Non privabit bonis eos qui ambulant in innocentia: Domine virtutum, beatus homo qui sperat in te.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.
