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Psalms 84
Psalm 84[a]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,(a)
Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns,(b) even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.(c)
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,(d)
Lord Almighty,(e) my King(f) and my God.(g)
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.[c]
5 Blessed are those whose strength(h) is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(i)
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;(j)
the autumn(k) rains also cover it with pools.[d]
7 They go from strength to strength,(l)
till each appears(m) before God in Zion.(n)
8 Hear my prayer,(o) Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Look on our shield,[e](p) O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.(q)
10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(r) in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun(s) and shield;(t)
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(u)
from those whose walk is blameless.
12 Lord Almighty,
blessed(v) is the one who trusts in you.
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