New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 84:1-7

1 1How 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.

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Notes

1. Psalms 84:1 Or according to ↩
2. Psalms 84:1 Ps 43:3; 132:5 ↩
3. Psalms 84:2 Ps 42:1, 2; 63:1 ↩
4. Psalms 84:2 Ps 42:2 ↩
5. Psalms 84:3 Ps 43:4 ↩
6. Psalms 84:3 Ps 5:2 ↩
7. Psalms 84:4 Ps 65:4 ↩
8. Psalms 84:4 Ps 42:5, 11 ↩
9. Psalms 84:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude ↩
10. Psalms 84:5 Ps 81:1 ↩
11. Psalms 84:5 Lit their ↩
12. Psalms 84:5 Ps 86:11; 122:1; Jer 31:6 ↩
13. Psalms 84:6 Probably, Weeping; or Balsam trees ↩
14. Psalms 84:6 Or place of springs ↩
15. Psalms 84:6 Ps 107:35; Joel 2:23 ↩
16. Psalms 84:7 Prov 4:18; Is 40:31; John 1:16; 2 Cor 3:18 ↩
17. Psalms 84:7 Some ancient versions read The God of gods will be seen in Zion ↩
18. Psalms 84:7 Ex 34:23; Deut 16:16; Ps 42:2 ↩

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