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Psalms 84
[1]
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.
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
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.