Psalms 84

1 For the leader. On the gittith. Of the Korahites, a psalm. How dearly loved is the place where you live, Lord of hosts!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon your anointed,

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

10 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,

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

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 hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.

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