84:1 For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of the sons of Korach:
84:2 How deeply loved are your dwelling-places, Adonai-Tzva’ot!
84:3 My soul yearns, yes, faints with longing for the courtyards of Adonai; my heart and body cry for joy to the living God.
84:4 As the sparrow finds herself a home and the swallow her nest, where she lays her young, [so my resting-place is] by your altars, Adonai-Tzva’ot, my king and my God.
84:5 How happy are those who live in your house; they never cease to praise you! (Selah)
84:6 How happy the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are [pilgrim] highways.
84:7 Passing through the [dry] Baka Valley, they make it a place of springs, and the early rain clothes it with blessings.
84:8 They go from strength to strength and appear before God in Tziyon.
84:9 Adonai, God of armies, hear my prayer; listen, God of Ya‘akov. (Selah)
84:10 God, see our shield [the king]; look at the face of your anointed.
84:11 Better a day in your courtyards than a thousand [days elsewhere]. Better just standing at the door of my God’s house than living in the tents of the wicked.
84:12 For Adonai, God, is a sun and a shield; Adonai bestows favor and honor; he will not withhold anything good from those whose lives are pure.
84:13 Adonai-Tzva’ot, how happy is anyone who trusts in you!
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