Psalms 84

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.#84:TITLE Hebrew according to the gittith.

1How lovely is your dwelling place,

O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

2I long, yes, I faint with longing

to enter the courts of the Lord.

With my whole being, body and soul,

I will shout joyfully to the living God.

3Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young

at a place near your altar,

O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!

4What joy for those who can live in your house,

always singing your praises. Interlude

5What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,

who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

6When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,#84:6 Or Valley of Poplars; Hebrew reads valley of Baca.

it will become a place of refreshing springs.

The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

7They will continue to grow stronger,

and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.#84:7 Hebrew Zion.

8O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.

Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude

9O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!

Show favor to the one you have anointed.

10A single day in your courts

is better than a thousand anywhere else!

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

than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

11For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.

He gives us grace and glory.

The Lord will withhold no good thing

from those who do what is right.

12O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,

what joy for those who trust in you.

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Psalms 84

The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. #Ps. 8:titleOn an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1How #Ps. 27:4; 46:4, 5lovely is Your tabernacle,

O Lord of hosts!

2#Ps. 42:1, 2My 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 #(Ps. 65:4)house;

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 #2 Sam. 5:22–25of Baca,

They make it a spring;

The rain also covers it with pools.

7They go #Prov. 4:18; Is. 40:31; John 1:16; 2 Cor. 3:18from strength to strength;

Each one #Ex. 34:23; Deut. 16:16appears before God in Zion.

8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O God of Jacob!

Selah

9#Gen. 15:1O God, behold our shield,

And look upon the face of Your anointed.

10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.

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

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11For the Lord God is #Is. 60:19, 20; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 21:23a sun and #Gen. 15:1shield;

The Lord will give grace and glory;

#Ps. 34:9, 10No good thing will He withhold

From those who walk uprightly.

12O Lord of hosts,

#(Ps. 2:12; 40:4)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

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