Psalms 84:1 ←
How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
Psalms 84:2 ←
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalms 84:3 ←
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.
Psalms 84:4 ←
Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
Psalms 84:5 ←
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Psalms 84:6 ←
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
Psalms 84:7 ←
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
Psalms 84:8 ←
Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 84:9 ←
Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
Psalms 84:10 ←
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.
Psalms 84:11 ←
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.
Psalms 84:12 ←
Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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