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!

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm.” How lovely are thy dwelling-places, 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 desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto 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.

Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: —[have I found] thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. (Selah)

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

Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, [all] whose heart reflecteth on the paths [of righteousness].

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

Passing through the valley of weeping, they will change it into a spring: also the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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

They go from strength to strength, each of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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

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

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

[Thou, ] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy 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 better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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 a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

12 Lord of hosts, happy those whose trust is in you.

O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee.