Psalm 84
Longing for God’s Dwelling
1 For the director. “Upon the gittith.” A psalm of the sons of Korah.
2 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts.
3 My soul yearns and is filled with longing
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
4 Just as the sparrow searches for a home
and the swallow builds a nest for herself
where she may place her young,
so do I seek your altars,
O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
5 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they offer continuous praise to you. Selah
6 Blessed are those who find strength in you,
who set their hearts upon your ways.
7 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they turn it into a region of springs,
and the early rain covers it with pools.
8 They move forward with increasing strength
as they behold the God of gods in Zion.
9 O Lord of hosts, hear my prayer;
listen to my pleas, O God of Jacob. Selah
10 O God, look upon our shield
behold the face of your anointed one.
11 It is better to spend one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house
than dwell inside the tents of the wicked.
12 The Lord God serves as our sun and our shield;
the Lord showers us with grace and glory.
He does not withhold any good thing
from those who walk in integrity.
13 O Lord of hosts,
blessed is the man who puts his trust in you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:1
- Psalm 84:1
- Psalm 84:2
- Psalm 84:4
- Psalm 84:5
- Psalm 84:6
- Psalm 84:7
- Psalm 84:8
- Psalm 84:10
- Psalm 84:11
- Psalm 84:12
