Psalms 84
Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the music director; ▼▼Or according toon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely are Your bdwelling places, Lord of armies!
2 My csoul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the dliving God.
3 The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may put her young:
Your ealtars, Lord of armies,
fMy King and my God.
4 gBlessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are hever praising You. Selah
5 Blessed is the person whose istrength is in You,
In ▼
▼Lit their
whose heart are the kroads to Zion! 6 Passing through the Valley of ▼
▼Prob. Weeping; or Balsam-shrubs
Baca they make it a ▼▼Or place of springs
spring; The nearly rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They ogo from strength to strength,
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▼Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
Every one of them qappears before God in Zion. 8 r Lord God of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, sGod of Jacob! Selah
9 See our tshield, God,
And look at the face of uYour anointed.
10 For va day in Your courtyards 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.
11 For the Lord God is wa sun and xshield;
The Lord gives grace and yglory;
zHe withholds no good thing ▼
▼Lit with regard to
from those who walk with integrity. 12 Lord of armies,
abBlessed is the person who trusts in You!
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