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Psalm 84
New King James Version

### The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

#### To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How (B)lovely [b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
2 (C)My soul longs, yes, 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 lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your (D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley (E)of [c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with [d]pools.
7 They go (F)from strength to strength;
[e]Each one (G)appears before God in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 (H)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your [f]anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather [g]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is (I)a sun and (J)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(K)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts,
(L)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
2. Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings
3. Psalm 84:6 Lit. Weeping
4. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
5. Psalm 84:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. The God of gods shall be seen
6. Psalm 84:9 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
7. Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 84:1 : Ps. 8:title
2. Psalm 84:1 : Ps. 27:4; 46:4, 5
3. Psalm 84:2 : Ps. 42:1, 2
4. Psalm 84:4 : [Ps. 65:4]
5. Psalm 84:6 : 2 Sam. 5:22–25
6. Psalm 84:7 : Prov. 4:18; Is. 40:31; John 1:16; 2 Cor. 3:18
7. Psalm 84:7 : Ex. 34:23; Deut. 16:16
8. Psalm 84:9 : Gen. 15:1
9. Psalm 84:11 : Is. 60:19, 20; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 21:23
10. Psalm 84:11 : Gen. 15:1
11. Psalm 84:11 : Ps. 34:9, 10
12. Psalm 84:12 : [Ps. 2:12; 40:4]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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