Psalms 84

1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm.

1 How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

2Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

3Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered all their sins.

3The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

4Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

4Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

5Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.

5Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

6Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

6Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.

7Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

7They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

8Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.

8O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

9I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

9O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

10Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land.

10For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

11Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

11The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

12Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.

12O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

13For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

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14Justice shall walk before him: and he shall set his steps in the way.

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