Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the choir director; [a]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
84 How lovely are Your (A)dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My (B)soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (C)living God.
3 The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your (D)altars, O Lord of hosts,
(E)My King and my God.
4 How (F)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (G)ever praising You. [b]Selah.
5 How blessed is the man whose (H)strength is in You,
In [c]whose heart are the (I)highways to Zion!
6 Passing through the valley of [d]Baca they make it a [e]spring;
The (J)early rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They (K)go from strength to strength,
[f]Every one of them (L)appears before God in Zion.
8 O (M)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (N)God of Jacob! Selah.
9 Behold our (O)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (P)Your anointed.
10 For (Q)a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is (R)a sun and (S)shield;
The Lord gives grace and (T)glory;
(U)No good thing does He withhold [g]from those who walk [h]uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,
How (V)blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:1 Or according to
- Psalm 84:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 84:5 Lit their
- Psalm 84:6 Probably, Weeping; or Balsam trees
- Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
- Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions read The God of gods will be seen in Zion
- Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to
- Psalm 84:11 Lit with integrity
Cross references
- Psalm 84:1 : Ps 43:3; 132:5
- Psalm 84:2 : Ps 42:1, 2; 63:1
- Psalm 84:2 : Ps 42:2
- Psalm 84:3 : Ps 43:4
- Psalm 84:3 : Ps 5:2
- Psalm 84:4 : Ps 65:4
- Psalm 84:4 : Ps 42:5, 11
- Psalm 84:5 : Ps 81:1
- Psalm 84:5 : Ps 86:11; 122:1; Jer 31:6
- Psalm 84:6 : Ps 107:35; Joel 2:23
- Psalm 84:7 : Prov 4:18; Is 40:31; John 1:16; 2 Cor 3:18
- Psalm 84:7 : Ex 34:23; Deut 16:16; Ps 42:2
- Psalm 84:8 : Ps 59:5; 80:4; 84:1
- Psalm 84:8 : Ps 81:1
- Psalm 84:9 : Gen 15:1; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 59:11; 115:9-11
- Psalm 84:9 : 1 Sam 16:6; 2 Sam 19:21; Ps 2:2; 132:17
- Psalm 84:10 : Ps 27:4
- Psalm 84:11 : Is 60:19, 20; Mal 4:2; Rev 21:23
- Psalm 84:11 : Gen 15:1
- Psalm 84:11 : Ps 85:9
- Psalm 84:11 : Ps 34:9, 10
- Psalm 84:12 : Ps 2:12; 40:4