Psalm 84

PSALM 84

Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the choir director; ^†on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹How lovely are Your ^adwelling places,

O Lord of hosts!

²My ^asoul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^bliving God.

³The bird also has found a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

Even Your ^aaltars, O Lord of hosts,

^bMy King and my God.

⁴How ^ablessed are those who dwell in Your house!

They are ^bever praising You.

¹Selah.

⁵How blessed is the man whose ^astrength is in You,

In ¹whose heart are the ^bhighways to Zion!

⁶Passing through the valley of ¹Baca they make it a ²spring;

The ^aearly rain also covers it with blessings.

⁷They ^ago from strength to strength,

¹Every one of them ^bappears before God in Zion.

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

Give ear, O ^bGod of Jacob!

Selah.

⁹Behold our ^ashield, O God,

And look upon the face of ^bYour anointed.

¹⁰For ^aa day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is ^aa sun and ^bshield;

The Lord gives grace and ^cglory;

^dNo good thing does He withhold ¹from those who walk ²uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

How ^ablessed is the man who trusts in You!