Psalm 84

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. Hebrew according to the gittith. ¹How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies. ² I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. ³ Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God! ⁴ What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises.Interlude

⁵What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. ⁶ When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, Or Valley of Poplars; Hebrew reads valley of Baca. it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. ⁷ They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem. Hebrew Zion.

⁸O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob.Interlude

⁹O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.

¹⁰A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. ¹¹ For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. ¹² O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.