PsalmsChapter 84

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¹For the choir leader. According to gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely is the place where you live,
LORD of Hosts! ²My soul longs for the courtyards of the LORD.
It even grows weak with longing.
My heart and my body cry out for the living God. ³Even the sparrow has found a home.
The swallow has found a nest for herself.
There she keeps her young near your altars,
LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. ⁴How happy are those who live in your house!
They are always praising you. Selah ⁵Happy are those whose strength is in you.
Their hearts are set on the journey to your house. ⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs.
The autumn rain even covers it with pools. ⁷They grow stronger and stronger
until each one stands before God in Zion. ⁸LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer.
Listen, God of Jacob. Selah ⁹God, look at our shield.
Look with kindness on the face of your anointed one. ¹⁰For one day in your courtyards is better
than a thousand days anywhere else.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of the wicked. ¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.
The LORD gives grace and glory.
He does not hold back any good thing
from those who live honest lives. ¹²LORD of Hosts,
how happy is the one who trusts in you!