<< Psalm 84 >>
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Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 How lovely are Your dwelling places,
         O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD;
         My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 The bird also has found a house,
         And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
         Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
         My King and my God.
4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
         They are ever praising You.
Selah.

5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
         In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
6 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring;
         The early rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength,
         Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
         Give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah.

9 Behold our shield, O God,
         And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
         I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
         Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
         The LORD gives grace and glory;
         No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts,
         How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

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