THE BOOK OF
PSALMS
PSALM 84

The righteous cry unto the living God-Better to be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness-No good thing withheld from those that walk uprightly.

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON GITTITH, A PSALM FOR THE SONS OF KORAH.

  1 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.