Psalm 84

¹How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! *My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

²The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; *by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

³Happy are they who dwell in your house! *they will always be praising you.

⁴Happy are the people whose strength is in you! *whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way.

⁵Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, *for the early rains have covered it with pools of water.

⁶They will climb from height to height, *and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion.

⁷Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; *hearken, O God of Jacob.

⁸Behold our defender, O God; *and look upon the face of your Anointed.

⁹For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room, *and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹⁰For the Lord God is both sun and shield; *he will give grace and glory;

¹¹No good thing will the Lord withhold *from those who walk with integrity.

¹²O Lord of hosts, *happy are they who put their trust in you!