84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
84:1 {For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.} How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
84:2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.
84:3 The bird also has found a 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.

84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. (Selah)
84:4 How blessed are those who dwell in Thy house! They are ever praising Thee. Selah.

84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways (to Zion).
84:5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion]!

84:6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
84:6 Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring, The early rain also covers it with blessings.

84:7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
84:7 They go from strength to strength, [Every one of them] appears before God in Zion.

84:8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah)
84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.

84:9 Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
84:9 Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Thine anointed.

84:10 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.
84:10 For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand [outside.] I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84:11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

84:12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
84:12 O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee!