Psalm 84

The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. aOn 1An Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1 How blovely 2is Your tabernacle,

O Lord of hosts!

2 cMy soul longs, yes, even faints

For the courts of the Lord;

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

3 Even 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.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your dhouse;

They will still be praising You.

Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,

Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

6 As they pass through the Valley eof 3Baca,

They make it a spring;

The rain also covers it with 4pools.

7 They go ffrom strength to strength;

5Each one gappears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O God of Jacob!

Selah

9 hO God, behold our shield,

And look upon the face of Your 6anointed.

10 For 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.

11 For 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.

12 O Lord of hosts,

lBlessed is the man who trusts in You!