Psalms 84

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 [For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of the sons of Korah Psalm] How lovely are your dwel ing-places, Yahweh Sabaoth.	1 For the leader; "upon the gittith." A psalm of the Korahites.
2 My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh's courts, My heart and my body cry out for joy to theliving God.	2 How lovely your dwelling, O LORD of hosts!
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, the swal ow a nest to place its young: your altars, YahwehSabaoth, my King and my God.	3 My soul yearns and pines for the courts of the LORD. My heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
4 How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall praise you continual y. Pause	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 those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.	5 Happy are those who dwell in your house! They never cease to praise you. Selah
6 As they pass through the Val ey of the Balsam, they make there a water-hole, and -- a further blessing-- early rain fil s it.	6 Happy are those who find refuge in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrim roads.
7 They make their way from height to height, God shows himself to them in Zion.	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 Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.	8 They pass through outer and inner wall and see the God of gods on Zion.
9 God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.	9 LORD of hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah
10 Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices, to stand on the threshold of God'shouse than to live in the tents of the wicked.	10 O God, look kindly on our shield; look upon the face of your anointed.
11 For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good tothose whose life is blameless.	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 Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.	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!