Psalm 84 (New International Version)

Psalm 84

For the director of music. According to gittith. 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.

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, 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.

 

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