Psalms 84

1 For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!

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

2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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

3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.

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

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. (Selah)

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will praise thee evermore. (Pause)

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

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

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

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

7 They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

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

8 LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

9 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

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

10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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 LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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