1 To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.

2 \84:1\How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

3 \84:2\The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

4 \84:3\The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

5 \84:4\Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

6 \84:5\Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

7 \84:6\Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

8 \84:7\They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

9 \84:8\O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

10 \84:9\O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

11 \84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

12 \84:11\The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

13 \84:12\O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

1 How amiable are thy tabernacles,

O Jehovah of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;

My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts,

My King, and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:

They will be still praising thee. [Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs;

Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength;

Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah

9 Behold, O God our shield,

And look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 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.

11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield:

Jehovah will give grace and glory;

No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O Jehovah of hosts,

Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.