Psalms 84
84
PSALM 84
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1How lovely is thy dwelling-place,
O Lord of hosts, to me!
The tabernacles of thy grace
how pleasant, Lord, they be!
2My thirsty soul longs veh'mently,
yea faints, thy courts to see:
My very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.
3Behold, the sparrow findeth out
an house wherein to rest;
The swallow also for herself
hath purchased a nest;
Ev'n thine own altars, where she safe
her young ones forth may bring,
O thou almighty Lord of hosts,
who art my God and King.
4Bless'd are they in thy house that dwell,
they ever give thee praise.
5Bless'd is the man whose strength thou art,
in whose heart are thy ways:
6Who passing thorough Baca's vale,
therein do dig up wells;
Also the rain that falleth down
the pools with water fills.
7So they from strength unwearied go
still forward unto strength,
Until in Sion they appear
before the Lord at length.
8Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear;
O Jacob's God, give ear.
9See God our shield, look on the face
of thine anointed dear.
10For in thy courts one day excels
a thousand; rather in
My God's house will I keep a door,
than dwell in tents of sin.
11For God the Lord's a sun and shield:
he'll grace and glory give;
And will withhold no good from them
that uprightly do live.
12O thou that art the Lord of hosts,
that man is truly blest,
Who by assured confidence
on thee alone doth rest.
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Psalms 84
84
Prayer of a Pilgrim to Jerusalem
1For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of the Korahites.
I
2How lovely your dwelling,
O Lord of hosts!#Ps 43:3–4; 122:1.
3My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the Lord.#Ps 42:2–3; 63:2–3; 143:6; Is 26:9.
My heart and flesh cry out
for the living God.
4#The desire of a restless bird for a secure home is an image of the desire of a pilgrim for the secure house of God, cf. Ps 42:2–3, where the image for the desire of the pilgrim is the thirst of the deer for water.As the sparrow finds a home
and the swallow a nest to settle her young,
My home is by your altars,
Lord of hosts, my king and my God!#Ps 5:3.
5Blessed are those who dwell in your house!
They never cease to praise you.
Selah
II
6Blessed the man who finds refuge in you,
in their hearts are pilgrim roads.
7As they pass through the Baca valley,#Baca valley: Hebrew obscure; probably a valley on the way to Jerusalem.
they find spring water to drink.
The early rain covers it with blessings.
8They will go from strength to strength#Strength to strength: pass through outer and inner wall.
and see the God of gods on Zion.
III
9Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.
Selah
10#Our shield…your anointed: the king had a role in the liturgical celebration. For the king as shield, cf. Ps 89:19.O God, watch over our shield;
look upon the face of your anointed.#Ps 89:19.
IV
11Better one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere.
Better the threshold of the house of my God
than a home in the tents of the wicked.
12For a sun and shield is the Lord God,
bestowing all grace and glory.
The Lord withholds no good thing
from those who walk without reproach.
13O Lord of hosts,
blessed the man who trusts in you!
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