Psalm 84 - ESV Online - Literal Word

PSALM 84

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
84:1

How lovely is your dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts! 2

My soul longs, yes, faints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to the living God.
3

Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

my King and my God. 4

Blessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever singing your praise! Selah
5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6

As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

the early rain also covers it with pools. 7

They go from strength to strength;

each one appears before God in Zion.
8

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah 9

Behold our shield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!
10

For a day in your 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. 11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does he withhold

from those who walk uprightly. 12

O Lord of hosts,

blessed is the one who trusts in you!

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