Psalm 84–85
The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God
To the Chief Musician. aOn 1An Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 How blovely 2is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
2 cMy soul longs, yes, 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 lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your dhouse;
They will still be praising You.
Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley eof 3Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with 4pools.
7 They go ffrom strength to strength;
5Each one gappears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah
9 hO God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your 6anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather 7be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is ia sun and jshield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
kNo good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
lBlessed is the man who trusts in You!
Prayer that the Lord Will Restore Favor to the Land
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm aOf the Sons of Korah.
1 Lord, You have been favorable to Your land;
You have bbrought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin.
Selah
3 You have taken away all Your wrath;
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
4 cRestore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
5 dWill You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
6 Will You not erevive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
And grant us Your salvation.
8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to 1folly.
9 Surely fHis salvation is near to those who fear Him,
gThat glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth have met together;
hRighteousness and peace have kissed.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 iYes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.