Psalms [Praises] 84

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korach [Bald one, Frost]. (See Num ch 16).

1How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings,

Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!

2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Adonai.

My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [Living God].

3Yes, the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,

near your altars, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], my King, and my God.

4Blessed are those who dwell in your house.

They are always praising you. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

5Blessed are those whose strength is in you;

who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.

Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

7They go from strength to strength.

Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].

8Adonai, Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer.

Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter]. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

9Behold, God our shield,

look at the face of your anointed.

10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

than to dwell in the tents of ethical wickedness.

11For Adonai God is a sun and a shield.

Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty glory·.

He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

12Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies],

blessed is the man who trusts in you.