Psalms 84

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.for the sons: or, of the sons.

1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Yhwh of Armies!

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Yhwh: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Yhwh of Armies, my King, and my God.

4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.12

7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.3

8O Yhwh God of Armies, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.4

11For Yhwh God is a sun and shield: Yhwh will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12O Yhwh of Armies, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.