Psalm 84
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1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.3Yea, 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.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.10For 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.
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.11For 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.
12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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Psalm 83
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