Psalm 84:3

New English Translation

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:25

Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.

Psalm 116:7

Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.

Psalm 42:3

I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

Psalm 5:2

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

Psalm 90:1

O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

Psalm 91:1

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

Ezekiel 24:21

Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”