84:1 *[For the director of music. According to gittith.** Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.] How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! / *In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13. / **Title: Probably a musical term
84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young - a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
84:4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.* / *The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
84:6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.* / *Or blessings
84:7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
84:8 Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
84:9 Look on our shield,* O God; look with favor on your anointed one. / *Or sovereign
84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
84:12 Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.