Psalms 84:1-10

11How lovely are Your 2dwelling places, O Lord of hosts!2My 3soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the 4living God.3The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your 5altars, O Lord of hosts, 6My King and my God.4How 7blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are 8ever praising You. 9Selah.

5How blessed is the man whose 10strength is in You, In 11whose heart are the 12highways to Zion!6Passing through the valley of 13Baca they make it a 14spring; The 15early rain also covers it with blessings.7They 16go from strength to strength, 17Every one of them 18appears before God in Zion.

8O 19Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O 20God of Jacob! Selah.9Behold our 21shield, O God, And look upon the face of 22Your anointed.10For 23a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.