Psalm 84

How Lovely is your dwelling place,

O LORD Almighty!

My soul yearns, even faints,

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living god.

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

Blessed are those who dwell in your house;

they are ever praising you.

Blessed are those whose strength is

in you,

who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Valley of

Baca,

they make it a place of springs;

the autumn rains also cover it

with pools.

They go from strength to strength,

till each appears before God in

Zion.

Hear my prayer, O LORD God

Almighty;

listen to me, O God of Jacob.

Look upon our shield, O God;

look with favor on your anointed

one.

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.

For the LORD God is a sun and

shield;

the LORD bestows favor and honor;

no good thing does he withhold

from those whose walk is blameless.

O LORD Almighty,

blessed is the man who trusts in

you.