Psalm 84

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Better Is One Day in Your Courts

¹For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.^a A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely is Your dwelling place,

O LORD of Hosts!

¹For the one directing. According to Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O YHWH of hosts!

²My soul longs, even faints,

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living God.

²My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of YHWH; my heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

³Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she places her young near Your altars,

O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young—near Your altars, YHWH of hosts, my King and My God,

⁴How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!

They are ever praising You.

Selah

⁴blessed are those dwelling in Your house! Ever they are praising You. Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in You,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

⁵blessed is the man, the strength of him is in You; highways are in their heart.

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca,^a

they make it a place of springs;

even the autumn rain covers it with pools.^b

⁶Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring; even with blessings the early rain covers it.

⁷They go from strength to strength,

until each appears before God in Zion.

⁷They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.

⁸O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob.

Selah

⁸O YHWH, God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

⁹Take notice of our shield, O God,

and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

⁹may You see our shield, O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed.

¹⁰For better is one day in Your courts

than a thousand elsewhere.

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

than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹⁰For better a day in Your courts than a thousand; I would choose to stand at the entrance in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and a shield;

the LORD gives grace and glory;

He withholds no good thing

from those who walk with integrity.

¹¹For a sun and shield is YHWH God; favor and honor YHWH will give, and He will not withhold good for those walking with integrity.

¹²O LORD of Hosts,

how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

¹²O YHWH of hosts, blessed is the man trusting in You.