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Psalm 84

New Living Translation NLT

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD . With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.

3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!

4 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude

5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

7 They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude

9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.

10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

11 For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.

The Message Bible MSG

1 What a beautiful home, God of the Angel Armies! I've always longed to live in a place like this,

2 Always dreamed of a room in your house, where I could sing for joy to God-alive!

3 Birds find nooks and crannies in your house, sparrows and swallows make nests there. They lay their eggs and raise their young, singing their songs in the place where we worship. God of the Angel Armies! King! God!

4 How blessed they are to live and sing there!

5 And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel;

6 They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!

7 God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn - Zion! God in full view!

8 God of the Angel Armies, listen: O God of Jacob, open your ears - I'm praying!

9 Look at our shields, glistening in the sun, our faces, shining with your gracious anointing.

10 One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches. I'd rather scrub floors in the house of my God than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.

11 All sunshine and sovereign is God, generous in gifts and glory. He doesn't scrimp with his traveling companions.

12 It's smooth sailing all the way with God of the Angel Armies.