Psalms 84

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 [For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of the sons of Korah Psalm] How lovely are your dwel ing-places, Yahweh Sabaoth.	1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is thy dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
2 My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh's courts, My heart and my body cry out for joy to theliving God.	2 My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
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 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
4 How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall praise you continual y. Pause	4 Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah]
5 Blessed those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.	5 Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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 As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They make their way from height to height, God shows himself to them in Zion.	7 They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.	8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah]
9 God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.	9 Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!
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 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good tothose whose life is blameless.	11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.	12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!