Psalms 84
Chapter 84 of 150
1 Prayer of a Pilgrim to Jerusalem. For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of the Korahites.
2 How lovely your dwelling, O Lord of hosts!
3 My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the Lord. My heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
4 As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, Lord of hosts, my king and my God!
5 Blessed are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you.
6 Blessed the man who finds refuge in you, in their hearts are pilgrim roads.
7 As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. The early rain covers it with blessings.
8 They will go from strength to strength and see the God of gods on Zion.
9 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob.
10 O God, watch over our shield; look upon the face of your anointed.
11 Better one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. Better the threshold of the house of my God than a home in the tents of the wicked.
12 For a sun and shield is the Lord God, bestowing all grace and glory. The Lord withholds no good thing from those who walk without reproach.
13 O Lord of hosts, blessed the man who trusts in you!