Psalm 84

1 How lovely is Your tabernacle,
       O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faints
      For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
      And the swallow a nest for herself,
      Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
       My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
       They will still be praising You. Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
       Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
      They make it a spring;
      The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
       Each one appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
       Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 O God, behold our shield,
       And look upon the face of Your anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
       I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
       Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
       The Lord will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
      From those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts,
      Blessed is the man who trusts in You!