Psalms 84

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

1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

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

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

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

3Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

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

4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. [Selah

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

5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; 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?

6Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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 appeareth before God in Zion.

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

8O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; 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.

9Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

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

10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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

11For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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

12O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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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