Psalms 84

Psalm 84

The Joy of Worship in the Temple

1How lovely is your dwelling place,[#Ps 27.4]

O Lord of hosts!

2My soul longs, indeed it faints,[#Ps 42.1, 2]

for the courts of the Lord ;

my heart and my flesh sing for joy

to the living God.

3Even the sparrow finds a home[#Ps 5.2; 43.4]

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.

4Happy are those who live in your house,[#Ps 65.4]

ever singing your praise. Selah

5Happy are those whose strength is in you,[#Ps 81.1]

in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6As they go through the valley of Baca,[#2 Sam 5.23; Ps 107.35]

they make it a place of springs;

the early rain also covers it with pools.

7They go from strength to strength;[#Deut 16.16; Ps 132.13; Prov 4.18; 2 Cor 3.18]

the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

9Behold our shield, O God;[#Gen 15.1; Ps 2.2]

look on the face of your anointed.

10For a day in your courts is better[#1 Chr 23.5]

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

than live in the tents of wickedness.

11For the Lord God is a sun and shield;[#Ps 34.10; Isa 60.19]

he bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does the Lord withhold

from those who walk uprightly.

12O Lord of hosts,[#Ps 2.12]

happy is everyone who trusts in you.

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