Psalms 84

¹ 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 Happy are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you. Selah

⁶ Happy are those who find refuge in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrim roads.

⁷ As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. Also from pools the Lord provides water for those who lose their way.

⁸ They pass through outer and inner wall and see the God of gods on Zion.

⁹ LORD of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah

¹⁰ O God, look kindly on 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, happy are those who trust in you!