Psalm 84

[1]   How lovely is your dwelling place,  
         O LORD of hosts!  
[2]   My soul longs, indeed it faints  
         for the courts of the LORD;  
    my heart and my flesh sing for joy  
         to the living God.

[3]   Even the sparrow finds a home,  
         and the swallow a nest for herself,  
         where she may lay her young,  
    at your altars, O LORD of hosts,  
         my King and my God.  
[4]   Happy are those who live in your house,  
         ever singing your praise.                        Selah

[5]   Happy are those whose strength is in you,  
         in whose heart are the highways to Zion.  
[6]   As they go through the valley of Baca  
         they make it a place of springs;  
         the early rain also covers it with pools.  
[7]   They go from strength to strength;  
         the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

[8]   O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;  
         give ear, O God of Jacob!                          Selah  
[9]   Behold our shield, O God;  
         look on the face of your anointed.

[10]  For a day in your courts is better  
         than a thousand elsewhere.  
    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God  
         than live in the tents of wickedness.  
[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.  
[12]  O LORD of hosts,  
         happy is everyone who trusts in you.