Psalms 84 — AAB
Better Is One Day in Your Courts
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.+A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
84Verse 1How lovely is Your dwelling place,O LORD of Hosts!Verse 2My soul longs, even faints,for the courts of the LORD;my heart and my flesh cry outfor the living God.Verse 3Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herself,where she places her young near Your altars,O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.Verse 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!They are ever praising You.SelahVerse 5Blessed are those whose strength is in You,whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.Verse 6As they pass through the Valley of Baca,+they make it a place of springs;even the autumn rain covers it with pools.+Verse 7They go from strength to strength,until each appears before God in Zion.Verse 8O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob.SelahVerse 9Take notice of our shield, O God,and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.Verse 10For better is one day in Your courtsthan a thousand elsewhere.I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of the wicked.Verse 11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield;the LORD gives grace and glory;He withholds no good thingfrom those who walk with integrity.Verse 12O LORD of Hosts,how blessed is the man who trusts in You!