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Psalms 84

¹To the Chief Musician; set to a[1] Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

²My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

³The bird has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.

⁴Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

⁵Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You, In[2] whose heart are the highways to Zion.

⁶Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([3] Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

⁹See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

¹⁰For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

¹²O LORD of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].