84:2 \84:1\To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is thy dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
84:3 \84:2\My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
84:4 \84:3\Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
84:5 \84:4\Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah]
84:6 \84:5\Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
84:7 \84:6\As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
84:8 \84:7\They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
84:9 \84:8\O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah]
84:10 \84:9\Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!
84:11 \84:10\For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
84:12 \84:11\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.
84:13 \84:12\O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!
