Psalms84

Longing for God's House

^1•How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! ^2•My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. ^3•Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. ^4•Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. ^5•Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. ^6•Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. ^7•They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. ^8•O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. ^9•Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. ^10•For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to 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 them that walk uprightly. ^12•O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.