Psalms 84

1 to/for to conduct upon [the] Gittith to/for son: descendant/people Korah melody what? beloved tabernacle your LORD Hosts

For the music director. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. On the gittith. How wonderful is the place where you live, Lord Almighty!

2 to long and also to end: expend soul my to/for court LORD heart my and flesh my to sing to(wards) God alive

I long, I ache, to be in the courts of the Lord. My mind and my body sing for joy to the living God.

3 also bird to find house: home and swallow nest to/for her which to set: put young her with altar your LORD Hosts king my and God my

Even a sparrow finds a home there, and a swallow builds a nest for herself where she can raise her chicks near to your altars, Lord Almighty, my king and my God.

4 blessed to dwell house: home your still to boast: praise you (Selah)

How happy are those who live in your house—they are always praising you! (Selah)

5 blessed man strength to/for him in/on/with you highway in/on/with heart their

How happy are those whose strength is in you, those who are determined to make a pilgrimage.

6 to pass in/on/with Valley (of Topheth) [the] (Tophet of) Baca spring to set: make him also blessing to enwrap rain/teacher

As they walk through the Valley of Tears it becomes a spring of water; autumn rains cover it with pools.

7 to go: went from strength to(wards) strength to see: see to(wards) God in/on/with Zion

They go from strength to strength, and each one will appear before God in Jerusalem.

8 LORD God Hosts to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my to listen [emph?] God Jacob (Selah)

Lord God Almighty, please hear my prayer; please listen, God of Jacob. (Selah)

9 shield our to see: see God and to look face anointed your

Please God, look at our defender, look at the face of your anointed one.

10 for pleasant day in/on/with court your from thousand to choose to stand in/on/with house: temple God my from to dwell in/on/with tent wickedness

One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.

11 for sun and shield LORD God favor and glory to give: give LORD not to withhold good to/for to go: walk in/on/with unblemished: blameless

For the Lord God is our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.

12 LORD Hosts blessed man to trust in/on/with you

Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you.