Psalm 84:3 {83:4}
Good News Translation
Even the sparrows have built a nest, and the swallows have their own home; they keep their young near your altars, LORD Almighty, my king and my God.

New Revised Standard Version
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

Contemporary English Version
LORD God All-Powerful, my King and my God, sparrows find a home near your altars; swallows build nests there to raise their young.

New American Bible
As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, LORD of hosts, my king and my God!

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

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Psalm 90:1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

Psalm 91:1 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 116:7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

Matthew 8:20 And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 23:37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldst not?

Context
Better is One Day in Your Courts
2my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. 3For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.…
Cross References
Psalm 5:2
Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

Psalm 43:4
And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Psalm 84:2
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