Psalm 84

Longing For God's House 

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                                    1 How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of the Heavenly Armies.                                

                                    1 For the choir director; (a)on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely are Your (A)dwelling places,O Lord of hosts!                                

                                    1 {To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!                                

                                    1 For the choir director: on the Gittith.(A) A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,Lord of Hosts.(B)                                

                                    1 How lovely are Your dwelling places,O Lord of hosts!                                
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                                    2 I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.                                

                                    2 My (B)soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (C)living God.                                

                                    2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.                                

                                    2 I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for(a) the living God.(C)                                

                                    2 My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.                                
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                                    3 Even the sparrow found a house for herself and the swallow a nest to lay her young at your altar, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, my king and God.                                

                                    3 The bird also has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even Your (D)altars, O Lord of hosts,(E)My King and my God.                                

                                    3 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.                                

                                    3 Even a sparrow finds a home,and a swallow, a nest for herselfwhere she places her young—near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,my King and my God.(D)                                

                                    3 The bird has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.                                
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                                    4 How happy are those who live in your Temple, for they can praise you continuously. Interlude                                

                                    4 How (F)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!They are (G)ever praising You. (b)Selah.                                

                                    4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.                                

                                    4 How happy are those who reside in Your house,who praise You continually.(E)Selah                                

                                    4 Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.                                
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                                    5 How happy are those whose strength is in you, whose heart is on your path.                                

                                    5 How blessed is the man whose (H)strength is in You,In (c)whose heart are the (I)highways to Zion!                                

                                    5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.                                

                                    5 Happy are the people whose strength is in You,whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(F)                                

                                    5 Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,In (a)whose heart are the highways to Zion.                                
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                                    6 They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings.                                

                                    6 Passing through the valley of (d)Baca they make it a (e)spring;The (J)early rain also covers it with blessings.                                

                                    6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.                                

                                    6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,(b)they make it a source of springwater;even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.(c)(G)                                

                                    6 Passing through the Valley of Weeping ((b)Baca), they make it a place of springs;The early rain also covers it with blessings.                                
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                                    7 They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.                                

                                    7 They (K)go from strength to strength,(f)Every one of them (L)appears before God in Zion.                                

                                    7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.                                

                                    7 They go from strength to strength;each appears before God in Zion.(H)                                

                                    7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];Each of them appears before God in Zion.                                
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                                    8 LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, hear my prayer! Listen, God of Jacob! Interlude                                

                                    8 O (M)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;Give ear, O (N)God of Jacob! Selah.                                

                                    8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.                                

                                    8 Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer;listen, God of Jacob.(I)Selah                                

                                    8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.                                
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                                    9 God, look at our shield, and show favor to your anointed,                                

                                    9 Behold our (O)shield, O God,And look upon the face of (P)Your anointed.                                

                                    9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.                                

                                    9 Consider our shield,(d) God;(J)look on the face of Your anointed one.(K)                                

                                    9 See our shield, O God,And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].                                
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                                    10 for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.                                

                                    10 For (Q)a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my GodThan dwell in the tents of wickedness.                                

                                    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.                                

                                    10 Better a day in Your courtsthan a thousand anywhere else.I would rather be at the door of the house of my Godthan to live in the tents of wicked people.(L)                                

                                    10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my GodThan to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.                                
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                                    11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.                                

                                    11 For the Lord God is (R)a sun and (S)shield;The Lord gives grace and (T)glory;(U)No good thing does He withhold (g)from those who walk (h)uprightly.                                

                                    11 For 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.                                

                                    11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.(M)The Lord gives grace and glory;He does not withhold the goodfrom those who live with integrity.(N)                                

                                    11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.                                
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                                    12 LORD of Heavenly Armies, how happy are those who trust in you. To the Director: A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.                                

                                    12 O Lord of hosts,How (V)blessed is the man who trusts in You!                                

                                    12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.                                

                                    12 Happy is the person who trusts in You,Lord of Hosts!(O)                                

                                    12 O Lord of hosts,How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].