Psalms 84
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!
1(84-1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (84-2) How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
2(84-3) My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
3(84-4) Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God — .
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
4(84-5) Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
5(84-6) Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
6(84-7) Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
7(84-8) They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
8LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
8(84-9) O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
9(84-10) Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
10(84-11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
11(84-12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
12(84-13) O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.
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