Psalm 84

 

For the director of music.  According to gittith.[a] Of the Sons of Korah.  A psalm.

 

 

1                    How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!

 

2                    My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

 

3                    Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

 

4                    Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

Selah

 

5                    Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

 

6                    As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [b]

 

7                    They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

 

8                    Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.

Selah

 

9                    Look upon our shield, [c] O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

 

10               Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

 

11               For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

 

12               O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.