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.