Psalm 84

Longing for God's House

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

²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord :

my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

³Yea, the sparrow hath found a house,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

even thine altars, O Lord of hosts,

my King, and my God.

⁴Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:

they will be still praising thee. Selah.

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

in whose heart are the ways of them .

⁶Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;

the rain also filleth the pools.

⁷They go from strength to strength,

every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

⁸O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:

give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

⁹Behold, O God our shield,

and look upon the face of thine anointed.

¹⁰For 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.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield:

the Lord will give grace and glory:

no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

¹²O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.