< 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! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the 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. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. (Selah) 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the highways [to Zion]. 6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah) 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine 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. 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. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

< Psalms 84 >