Psalm 84, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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1

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O 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,
O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
 

4

Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.
Selah
 

5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
 

6

As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
 

7

They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
 

8

Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
listen to me, O God of Jacob.
Selah
 

9

Look upon our shield, O God;
look with favour 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.
 

11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favour and honour;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.
 

12

O LORD Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.