Psalm 84–85

Psalm 84

To the Chief Musician. On An Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹How ^blovely ²is Your tabernacle,

O Lord of hosts!

^2cMy soul longs, yes, even faints

For the courts of the Lord;

My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even 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.

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^dhouse;

They will still be praising You.

Selah

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,

Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

⁶As they pass through the Valley ^eof ³Baca,

They make it a spring;

The rain also covers it with ⁴pools.

⁷They go ^ffrom strength to strength;

⁵Each one ^gappears before God in Zion.

⁸O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O God of Jacob!

Selah

^9hO God, behold our shield,

And look upon the face of Your ⁶anointed.

¹⁰For 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.

¹¹For 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.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

^lBlessed is the man who trusts in You!

Psalm 85

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of the Sons of Korah.

¹Lord, You have been favorable to Your land;

You have ^bbrought back the captivity of Jacob.

²You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;

You have covered all their sin.

Selah

³You have taken away all Your wrath;

You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

^4cRestore us, O God of our salvation,

And cause Your anger toward us to cease.

^5dWill You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

⁶Will You not ^erevive us again,

That Your people may rejoice in You?

⁷Show us Your mercy, Lord,

And grant us Your salvation.

⁸I 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.

⁹Surely ^fHis salvation is near to those who fear Him,

^gThat glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰Mercy and truth have met together;

^hRighteousness and peace have kissed.

¹¹Truth shall spring out of the earth,

And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

¹²ⁱYes, the Lord will give what is good;

And our land will yield its increase.

¹³Righteousness will go before Him,

And shall make His footsteps our pathway.