Psalm 84
The Joy of Worship in the Temple
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!(A)
2 My soul longs, indeed it faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God.(B)
3 Even the sparrow finds a home
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.(C)
4 Happy are those who live in your house,
ever singing your praise. Selah(D)
5 Happy are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.(E)
6 As they go through the valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.(F)
7 They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.(G)
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed.(H)
10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.(I)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who walk uprightly.(J)
12 O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.(K)
Footnotes
- 84.5
Cross references
- 84.1 : Ps 27.4
- 84.2 : Ps 42.1, 2
- 84.3 : Ps 5.2; 43.4
- 84.4 : Ps 65.4
- 84.5 : Ps 81.1
- 84.6 : 2 Sam 5.23; Ps 107.35
- 84.7 : Deut 16.16; Ps 132.13; Prov 4.18; 2 Cor 3.18
- 84.9 : Gen 15.1; Ps 2.2
- 84.10 : 1 Chr 23.5
- 84.11 : Ps 34.10; Isa 60.19
- 84.12 : Ps 2.12
