Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the music director; [a]on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
84 How lovely are Your (A)dwelling places,
Lord of armies!
2 My (B)soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards 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 put her young:
Your (D)altars, Lord of armies,
(E)My King and my God.
4 (F)Blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (G)ever praising You. Selah
5 Blessed is the person whose (H)strength is in You,
In [b]whose heart are the (I)roads to Zion!
6 Passing through the Valley of [c]Baca they make it a [d]spring;
The (J)early rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They (K)go from strength to strength,
[e]Every one of them (L)appears before God in Zion.
8 (M)Lord God of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, (N)God of Jacob! Selah
9 See our (O)shield, God,
And look at the face of (P)Your anointed.
10 For (Q)a 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 (R)a sun and (S)shield;
The Lord gives grace and (T)glory;
(U)He withholds no good thing [f]from those who walk with integrity.
12 Lord of armies,
(V)Blessed is the person who trusts in You!
Footnotes
- Psalm 84 Title Or according to
- Psalm 84:5 Lit their
- Psalm 84:6 Prob. Weeping; or Balsam-shrubs
- Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
- Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
- Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to
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