Psalm 84

For the music leader. According to the Gittith. Of the Korahites. A psalm.

• 84 How lovely is your dwelling place,
• LORD of heavenly forces!
• ² My very beingⁿ longs, even yearns,
• for the LORD ’s courtyards.
• My heart and my body
• will rejoice out loud to the living God!

• ³ Yes, the sparrow too has found a home there;
• the swallow has found herself a nest
• where she can lay her young beside your altars,
• LORD of heavenly forces, my king, my God!
• ⁴ Those who live in your house are truly happy;
• they praise you constantly. Selah

• ⁵ Those who put their strength in you are truly happy;
• pilgrimage is in their hearts.
• ⁶ As they pass through the Baca Valley,^o
• they make it a spring of water.
• Yes, the early rain covers it with blessings.
• ⁷ They go from strength to strength,
• until they see the supreme God in Zion.^p
• ⁸ LORD God of heavenly forces,
• hear my prayer;
• listen closely, Jacob’s God! Selah
• ⁹ Look at our shield, God;
• pay close attention to the face of your anointed one!

• ¹⁰ Better is a single day in your courtyards
• than a thousand days anywhere else!
• I would prefer to stand outside the entrance of my God’s house
• than live comfortably in the tents of the wicked!
• ¹¹ The LORD is a sun and shield;
• God is favor and glory.
• The LORD gives—doesn’t withhold!—good things
• to those who walk with integrity.
• ¹² LORD of heavenly forces,
• those who trust in you are truly happy!