Psalms 84:1-10

For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1 [a][b]How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, 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 have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.[c]
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[d]
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Look on our shield,[e] O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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Cross References 18

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 27:4; Psalms 43:3; Psalms 90:1; Psalms 132:5
  • 2. S Job 19:27; Psalms 42:1-2
  • 3. S Joshua 3:10
  • 4. S Psalms 43:4
  • 5. Jeremiah 44:11
  • 6. Psalms 2:6
  • 7. Psalms 5:2
  • 8. Psalms 81:1
  • 9. Jeremiah 31:6
  • 10. S Job 38:26
  • 11. Joel 2:23
  • 12. S Job 17:9; Proverbs 4:18
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 16:16
  • 14. 1 Kings 8:1
  • 15. Psalms 4:1
  • 16. S Psalms 59:11
  • 17. 1 Samuel 16:6; Psalms 2:2; Psalms 18:50; Psalms 132:17
  • 18. 1 Chronicles 23:5

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
  • [b]. Title: Probably a musical term
  • [c]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
  • [d]. Or "blessings"
  • [e]. Or "sovereign"
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