[1] To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of
Korah. [2] \84:1\How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! [3] \84:2\The
passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my
flesh are crying out for the living God. [4] \84:3\The little birds have
places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O
Lord of armies, my King and my God. [5] \84:4\Happy are they whose
resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
[6] \84:5\Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the
highways to Zion. [7] \84:6\Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they
make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.
[8] \84:7\They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before
God in Zion. [9] \84:8\O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you:
give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.) [10] \84:9\O God, let your eyes be on
him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king. [11]
\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to
be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of
sin. [12] \84:11\The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will
give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose
ways are upright. [13] \84:12\O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope
is in you.