84:1  How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

84:2  My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

84:3  The bird also 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  How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah.

84:5  How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways {to Zion!}

84:6  Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

84:7  They go from strength to strength, {Every one of them} appears before God in Zion.

84:8  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.

84:9  Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed.

84:10  For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand {outside.} 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 gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

84:12  O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!