^1. Psalm 84 For the director of music. According to [1] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

^1. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!

^2. My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

^3. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young-- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.

^4. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.

^5. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

^6. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [2]

^7. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

^8. Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.

^9. Look upon our shield, [3] O God; look with favor on your anointed one.

^10. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

^11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

^12. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.