Psalm 84
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1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.2I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
3Even the sparrow finds a home, 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.3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah4What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.5What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.6When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.7They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!9O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.10A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.11For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
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