Psalms 84

1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!

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

My soul, longeth—yea even languisheth—for the courts of Yahweh, —My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a Living GOD.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her 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, hath found a home, And, the swallow, a nest for herself, where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My king and my God!

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

How happy are they who abide in thy house, —Still are they praising thee. (Selah)

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.

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

They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

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

O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer, —Give hear, thou God of Jacob. (Selah)

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

Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.

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 better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

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

For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God, —Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.

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

O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!