Psalm 84

1 {to the chief musician upon gittith, a psalm for the sons of korah } how amiable are thy tabernacles, o lord of hosts! 2 my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the lord my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living god 3 yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, o lord of hosts, my king, and my god 4 blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be still praising thee selah 5 blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them 6 who passing through the valley of baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools 7 they go from strength to strength, every one of them in zion appeareth before god 8 o lord god of hosts, hear my prayer give ear, o god of jacob selah 9 behold, o god our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed 10 for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand i had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my god, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness 11 for the lord god is a sun and shield the lord will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly 12 o lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee