Psalms 84 / 150
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(My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord)To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
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My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
- 3
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise! Selah
- 5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
- 6
As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with 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! Selah
- 9
Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
- 10
For a 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 bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
- 12
O Lord of hosts,
blessed is the one who trusts in you!