Psalm 8434
For the music director; according to the gittith style;35
written by the Korachites, a psalm
84:1 How lovely is the place
where you live,1
O sovereign LORD!2
84:2 I desperately want to be3
in the courts of the LORD’s temple.4
My heart and my entire being5
shout for joy
to the living God.
84:3 Even the birds find a home there,
and the swallow6
builds a nest,
where she can protect her young7
near your altars, O sovereign LORD,
my king and my God.
84:4 How happy8
are those who live in your temple
and praise you continually! (Selah)
84:5 How happy are those who9
find their strength in you,
and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!10
84:6 As they pass through the Baca Valley,11
he provides a spring for them.12
The rain13
even covers it with pools of water.14
84:7 They are sustained as they travel along,15
each one appears16
before God in Zion.
84:8 O LORD, sovereign God,17
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
84:9 O God, take notice of our shield!18
Show concern for your chosen king!19
84:10 Certainly20
spending just one day
in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere.21
I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God
than live22
in the tents of the wicked.23
84:11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector.24
The LORD bestows favor25
and honor;
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.26
84:12 O sovereign LORD,27
how happy are those who trust in you!28