Psalm 84:1–12

¹How lovely is your dwelling place,^p

Lord Almighty!

²My soul yearns,^q even faints,

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living God.^r

³Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may have her young—

a place near your altar,^s

Lord Almighty,^t my King^u and my God.^v

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in your house;

they are ever praising you.^c

⁵Blessed are those whose strength^w is in you,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^x

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baka,

they make it a place of springs;^y

the autumn^z rains also cover it with pools.^d

⁷They go from strength to strength,^a

till each appears^b before God in Zion.^c

⁸Hear my prayer,^d Lord God Almighty;

listen to me, God of Jacob.

⁹Look on our shield,^ee O God;

look with favor on your anointed one.^f

¹⁰Better is one day in your courts

than a thousand elsewhere;

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

than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun^h and shield;ⁱ

the Lord bestows favor and honor;

no good thing does he withhold^j

from those whose walk is blameless.

¹²Lord Almighty,

blessed^k is the one who trusts in you.