Psalm 84
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 84

The Joy of Worship in the Temple

To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.

1How lovely is your dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
2My soul longs, indeed it faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
    to the living God.

3Even 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.
4Happy are those who live in your house,
    ever singing your praise.Selah

5Happy are those whose strength is in you,
    in whose heart are the highways to Zion.[a]
6As they go through the valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    the early rain also covers it with pools.
7They go from strength to strength;
    the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
    give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
9Behold our shield, O God;
    look on the face of your anointed.

10For a day in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than live in the tents of wickedness.
11For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
    from those who walk uprightly.
12O Lord of hosts,
    happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:5 Heb lacks to Zion
Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.





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