Psalm 84:1–12

¹How lovely is thy dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

²My soul longs, yea, faints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to the living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at thy altars, O Lord of hosts,

my King and my God.

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,

ever singing thy praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee,

in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^r

⁶As they go through the valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

the early rain also covers it with pools.

⁷They go from strength to strength;

the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

⁸O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

⁹Behold our shield, O God;

look upon the face of thine anointed!

¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

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

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

he bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does the Lord withhold

from those who walk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts,

blessed is the man who trusts in thee!