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On<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span> an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-84-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How lovely <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span><i>is</i> Your tabernacle,</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-1">O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>My soul longs, yes, even faints</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-2">For the courts of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-2">My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Even the sparrow has found a home,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-3">And the swallow a nest for herself,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-3">Where she may lay her young—</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-3"><i>Even</i> Your altars, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-3">My King and my God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Blessed <i>are</i> those who dwell in Your house;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-4">They will still be praising You. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Blessed <i>is</i> the man whose strength <i>is</i> in You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-5">Whose heart <i>is</i> set on pilgrimage.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><i>As they</i> pass through the Valley of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Baca,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-6">They make it a spring;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-6">The rain also covers it with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>pools.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They go from strength to strength;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-7"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span><i>Each one</i> appears before God in Zion.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God of hosts, hear my prayer;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-8">Give ear, O God of Jacob! <i class="selah">Selah</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>O God, behold our shield,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-9">And look upon the face of Your <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>anointed.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For a day in Your courts <i>is</i> better than a thousand.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-10">I would rather <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-10">Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God <i>is</i> a sun and shield;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-11">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will give grace and glory;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-11">No good <i>thing</i> will He withhold</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-11">From those who walk uprightly.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-84-12">Blessed <i>is</i> the man who trusts in You!</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-15261a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:1">Psalm 84:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Al Gittith</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15261b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:1">Psalm 84:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>are Your dwellings</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15266c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:6">Psalm 84:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Weeping</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15266d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:6">Psalm 84:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>blessings</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15267e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:7">Psalm 84:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>The God of gods shall be seen</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15269f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:9">Psalm 84:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Commissioned one, Heb. <i>messiah</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-15270g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 84:10">Psalm 84:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>stand at the threshold</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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