Psalms 84

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

4 Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (Selah)

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah)

5 Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].

Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

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

O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

11 For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

12 O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.