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Psalm 84

1 For the choir director; on the gittith ; a psalm by Korah’s descendants. Your dwelling place is lovely, O Lord of Armies!2 My soul longs and yearnsfor the Lord’s courtyards.My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.3 Even sparrows find a home,and swallows find a nest for themselves.There they hatch their youngnear your altars, O Lord of Armies,my king and my God.4 Blessed are those who live in your house.They are always praising you.Selah5 Blessed are those who find strength in you.Their hearts are on the road that leads to you.t6 As they pass through a valley where balsam trees grow,tthey make it a place of springs.The early rains cover it with blessings.t7 Their strength grows as they go alonguntil each one of them appearsin front of God in Zion.8 O Lord God, commander of armies, hear my prayer.Open your ears, O God of Jacob.Selah9 Look at our shield, O God.Look with favor on the face of your anointed one.10 One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else.I would rather stand in the entrance to my God’s housethan live inside wicked people’s homes.11 The Lord God is a sun and shield.The Lord grants favor and honor.He does not hold back any blessingfrom those who live innocently.12 O Lord of Armies, blessed is the person who trusts you.

Psalm 84

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

9 Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.