84:2 My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
84:3 Yea, even the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. |
84:4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You. Selah. |
84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You; Your ways are in their hearts; |
84:6 Who passing through the valley of weeping make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain also clothes it with blessings. |
84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them appearing in Zion before God. |
84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
84:9 Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of Your anointed, |
84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness, |
84:11 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. |
84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You. |