Thematic Bible
Psalm 84:1 (show verse)
For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
Psalm 84:2 (show verse)
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Psalm 84:3 (show verse)
Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.
Psalm 84:4 (show verse)
How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)
Psalm 84:5 (show verse)
How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
Psalm 84:6 (show verse)
As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
Psalm 84:7 (show verse)
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 84:8 (show verse)
O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
Psalm 84:9 (show verse)
O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
Psalm 84:10 (show verse)
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 84:11 (show verse)
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Psalm 84:12 (show verse)
O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!