Psalm 84
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1For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD who rules over all! 1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
2I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God. 2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD who rules over all, my king and my God. 3Even 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.
4How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah) 4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
5How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple! 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water. 6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion. 7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
8O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah) 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king! 9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
10Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked. 10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12O LORD who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you! 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
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Psalm 83
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