Psalms 84
Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the choir director; ▼▼ Or according toon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely are Your bdwelling places,O Lord of hosts!
2My csoul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the dliving God.
3The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your ealtars, O Lord of hosts,
fMy King and my God.
4How gblessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are hever praising You. ▼
▼ Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
Selah.5How blessed is the man whose jstrength is in You,
In ▼
▼ Lit their
whose heart are the lhighways to Zion!6Passing through the valley of ▼
▼ Probably, Weeping; or Balsam trees
Baca they make it a ▼▼ Or place of springs
spring;The oearly rain also covers it with blessings.
7They pgo from strength to strength,
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▼ Some ancient versions read The God of gods will be seen in Zion
Every one of them rappears before God in Zion.8O sLord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O tGod of Jacob! Selah.
9Behold our ushield, O God,
And look upon the face of vYour anointed.
10For wa 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.
11For the Lord God is xa sun and yshield;
The Lord gives grace and zglory;
aaNo good thing does He withhold ▼
▼ Lit with regard to
from those who walk ▼▼ Lit with integrity
uprightly.12O Lord of hosts,
How adblessed is the man who trusts in You!
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