84:1
[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of the sons of Korah Psalm] How lovely are your dwelling-places, Yahweh Sabaoth.
84:2
My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh's courts, My heart and my body cry out for joy to the living God.
84:3
Even the sparrow has found a home, the swallow a nest to place its young: your altars, Yahweh Sabaoth, my King and my God.
84:4
How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall praise you continually. Pause
84:5
Blessed those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
84:6
As they pass through the Valley of the Balsam, they make there a water-hole, and -- a further blessing -- early rain fills it.
84:7
They make their way from height to height, God shows himself to them in Zion.
84:8
Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.
84:9
God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.
84:10
Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices, to stand on the threshold of God's house than to live in the tents of the wicked.
84:11
For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good to those whose life is blameless.
84:12
Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.
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