Psalms 84:5-12

5Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

7They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.

8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

9See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12O Lord of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].