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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! 84:2 My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD;my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 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. 84:4 Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah] 84:5 Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 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. 84:7 They go from strength to strength;the God of gods will be seen in Zion. 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah] 84:9 Behold our shield, O God;look upon the face of thine anointed! 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. 84:11 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. 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee! 84:13