Psalm 84 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Psalm 84 The Joy of Worship in the Temple

To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.

¹ How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!

² My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

³ Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

⁴ Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. Selah

⁵ Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

⁶ As they go through the valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.

⁷ They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

⁹ Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.

¹⁰ For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

¹² O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.