Psalms 84 The Blessedness of Those Who Dwell in the Sanctuary of God

 Psalms 84

The Blessedness of Those Who Dwell in the Sanctuary of God

1 How lovely are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself and her young, near your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they will praise you continually.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the ways of the Lord.

6 He who passes through the valley of Baca makes it a spring; the rain also fills the pools.

7 They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.

9 Look, O God, our shield, and behold the face of your anointed.

10 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.