Psalm 84- 1
- Psalm 84 For the director of music. According to gittith. [1] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
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- How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
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- My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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- Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young-- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
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- Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Selah
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- Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
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- As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [2]
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- They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
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- Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
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- Look upon our shield, [3] O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
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- Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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- For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
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- O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
- [Title: Probably a musical term
- [6] Or blessings
- [9] Or sovereign