84:1 For the director. “Upon the gittith.” A psalm of the sons of Korah.
84:2 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts.
84:3 My soul yearns and is filled with longing for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
84:4 Just as the sparrow searches for a home and the swallow builds a nest for herself where she may place her young, so do I seek your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
84:5 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they offer continuous praise to you. Selah
84:6 Blessed are those who find strength in you, who set their hearts upon your ways.
84:7 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they turn it into a region of springs, and the early rain covers it with pools.
84:8 They move forward with increasing strength as they behold the God of gods in Zion.
84:9 O Lord of hosts, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas, O God of Jacob. Selah
84:10 O God, look upon our shield behold the face of your anointed one.
84:11 It is better to spend one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house than dwell inside the tents of the wicked.
84:12 The Lord God serves as our sun and our shield; the Lord showers us with grace and glory. He does not withhold any good thing from those who walk in integrity.
84:13 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who puts his trust in you.
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