Psalms 84 ESV | WeDevote Bible

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to 84:0 Ps. 8, title; 81, title The Gittith.84:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of 84:0 Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah.

1How 84:1 [Ps. 27:4] lovely is your 84:1 Ps. 43:3; 132:5dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

2My soul 84:2 [Ps. 42:1, 2; 63:1] longs, yes, 84:2 [Ps. 73:26; 119:81; 143:6; Job 19:27] faints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to 84:2 See Ps. 42:2the living God.

3Even 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,

84:3 Ps. 5:2my King and my God.

484:4 See Ps. 65:4Blessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever 84:4 Ps. 42:5, 11; 43:5singing your praise! Selah

5Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

84:5 [Ps. 122:1]in whose heart are the highways to Zion.84:5 Hebrew lacks to Zion

6As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

84:6 Joel 2:23the early rain also covers it with 84:6 Ezek. 34:26pools.

7They go 84:7 Prov. 4:18; Isa. 40:31; [John 1:16; 2 Cor. 3:18] from strength to strength;

each one 84:7 See Ps. 42:2appears before God in Zion.

8O 84:8 See Ps. 59:5Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

984:9 Ps. 80:14Behold our 84:9 See Ps. 3:3shield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

10For a day 84:10 ver. 2in your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be 84:10 1 Chr. 26:19a doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11For the Lord God is 84:11 Isa. 60:19, 20; See Ps. 27:1; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 21:23a sun and 84:11 [See ver. 9above] shield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

84:11 Ps. 85:12; [Ps. 34:9, 10; Matt. 6:33; 7:11] No good thing does he withhold

from those who 84:11 Ps. 15:2; Prov. 2:7walk uprightly.

12O Lord of hosts,

84:12 See Ps. 2:12blessed is the one who trusts in you!

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