Psalm 84

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

84 How lovely are your dwellings,

    Yahweh of Armies!

2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.

    My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home,

    and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,

    near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.

    They are always praising you. Selah.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

    who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.

    Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength.

    Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer.

    Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

9 Behold, God our shield,

    look at the face of your anointed.

10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.

    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

    than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.

    Yahweh will give grace and glory.

    He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

12 Yahweh of Armies,

    blessed is the man who trusts in you.