Psalm 84:1-Psalm 85:1 - Longing For God's House

¹ How amiable are thy habitations, O LORD of the hosts! ² My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.

³ Even the sparrow has found a house and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young upon thine altars, O LORD of the hosts, my King and my God. ⁴ Happy are those that dwell in thy house; they shall continually praise thee. Selah.

⁵ Happy is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are thy ways, ⁶ who passing through the valley of Baca, shall make it a well; the rain also shall fill the pools. ⁷ They go forth in a great multitude; and in order, they shall see God in Zion.

⁸ O LORD God of the 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 outside of them. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹ For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly. ¹² O LORD of the hosts, happy is the man that trusts in thee.

¹ LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land; thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.