Psalm 84

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

84To the choirmaster: according to ^pThe Gittith.¹ A Psalm of ^qthe Sons of Korah.

¹How ^rlovely is your ^sdwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

²My soul ^tlongs, yes, ^ufaints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to ^vthe living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

^wmy King and my God.

^4xBlessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever ^ysinging your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

^zin whose heart are the highways to Zion.²

⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

^athe early rain also covers it with ^bpools.

⁷They go ^cfrom strength to strength;

each one ^dappears before God in Zion.

⁸O ^eLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

^9fBehold our ^gshield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day ^hin your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be ⁱa doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is ^ja sun and ^gshield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

^kNo good thing does he withhold

from those who ^lwalk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

^mblessed is the one who trusts in you!