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!

For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is the place where you live, Yahweh of hosts!

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

I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out to 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.

Even the sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. (Selah)

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

Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.

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

Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover it with blessings.

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 appears before God in Zion.

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

Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to what I am saying! (Selah)

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

God, watch over our shield; show concern for your anointed.

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 one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to live within the tents of the wicked.

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.

For Yahweh God is our sun and shield; Yahweh will give grace and glory; he does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.

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

Yahweh of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.