Psalms 84

1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH of Hosts!

2 My soul desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, For the courts of YHWH, My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God,

3 Even a sparrow has found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she has placed her brood—Your altars, O YHWH of Hosts, My king and my God.

4 O the blessedness of those inhabiting Your house, Yet they praise You. (Selah)

5 O the blessedness of a man whose strength is in You, Highways [are] in their heart.

6 Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, The early rain covers it with pools.

7 They go from strength to strength, He appears to God in Zion.

8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Your anointed,

10 For a day in Your courts [is] good, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

11 For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good To those walking in uprightness.

12 YHWH of Hosts! O the blessedness of a man trusting in You.