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 leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely 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 longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud for 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.

The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My king and my God!

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

Happy they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! (Pause)

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

Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [[to Jerusalem]]!

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 Baca, they make it a fountain; and 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 on from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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

Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! (Pause)

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

Look down, O God! our shield, And behold 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 a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than 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 the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.

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

O LORD of hosts! Happy the man who trusteth in thee!