Psalms
Chapter 84
[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! for the sons: or, of the sonsMy soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Baca...: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc filleth: Heb. coverethThey go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. strength to...: or, company to companyO LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. I had...: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the thresholdFor the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.