Psalms 84

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

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

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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

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

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and myGod.

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

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

5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, — they, in whose heart are the highways.

6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

6 Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

7 They go from strength to strength: [each one] will appear beforeGod in Zion.

8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

8 Jehovah,God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, OGod of Jacob. Selah.

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

9 Behold, OGod our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

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.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of myGod, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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

12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

12 Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!