Psalms 84
1 For the choir director, according to the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.
2 How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of Hosts!
3 My soul longs for the courts of the LORD; it even faints with longing. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
4 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for her young, near your altars, LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
5 Happy are those who live in your house; they praise you continually. Selah.
6 Happy is the person whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on the highways.
7 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with blessings.
8 They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
9 LORD, God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, God of Jacob. Selah.
10 Look, God, our shield, and see the face of your anointed one.
11 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
12 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD gives favor and honor and withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
13 LORD of Hosts, happy is the person who trusts in you!
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