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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
- Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
- Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
- Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign
Cross references
- Psalm 84:1 : S Dt 33:27; Ps 27:4; 43:3; 90:1; 132:5
- Psalm 84:2 : S Job 19:27
- Psalm 84:2 : S Jos 3:10
- Psalm 84:3 : S Ps 43:4
- Psalm 84:3 : Jer 44:11
- Psalm 84:3 : Ps 2:6
- Psalm 84:3 : Ps 5:2
- Psalm 84:5 : Ps 81:1
- Psalm 84:5 : Jer 31:6
- Psalm 84:6 : S Job 38:26
- Psalm 84:6 : Joel 2:23
- Psalm 84:7 : S Job 17:9
- Psalm 84:7 : S Dt 16:16
- Psalm 84:7 : 1Ki 8:1
- Psalm 84:8 : Ps 4:1
- Psalm 84:9 : S Ps 59:11
- Psalm 84:9 : 1Sa 16:6; Ps 2:2; 18:50; 132:17
- Psalm 84:10 : 1Ch 23:5
- Psalm 84:11 : Isa 60:19; Jer 43:13; Rev 21:23
- Psalm 84:11 : S Ge 15:1
- Psalm 84:11 : Ps 34:10
- Psalm 84:12 : Ps 2:12