Psalms 84 — NETB

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm.

84Verse 1How lovely is the place where you live,
O Lord who rules over all!
^{Verse 2}I 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.
^{Verse 3}Even 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.
^{Verse 4}How blessed are those who live in your temple
and praise you continually! (Selah)
^{Verse 5}How blessed are those who find their strength in you,
and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
^{Verse 6}As they pass through the Baca Valley,
he provides a spring for them.
The rain even covers it with pools of water.
^{Verse 7}They are sustained as they travel along;
each one appears before God in Zion.
^{Verse 8}O Lord, sovereign God,
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
^{Verse 9}O God, take notice of our shield!
Show concern for your chosen king!
^{Verse 10}Certainly 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.
^{Verse 11}For the Lord God is our sovereign protector.
The Lord bestows favor and honor;
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
^{Verse 12}O Lord who rules over all,
how blessed are those who trust in you!