NRSV Psalms 84 Chapter
84:1
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
84:2
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
84:3
Even 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.
84:4
Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise.Selah
84:5
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
84:6
As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
84:7
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
84:8
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
84:9
Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
84:10
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.
84:12
O LORD of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.