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85">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Longing for God's House<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.84.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.1" class="v19_84_1">1</span>How I love your Temple, <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.2" class="v19_84_2">2</span>How I want to be there!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_2">I long to be in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s Temple.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_2">With my whole being I sing for joy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_2">to the living God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.3" class="v19_84_3">3</span>Even the sparrows have built a nest,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_3">and the swallows have their own home;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_3">they keep their young near your altars,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_3"><span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, my king and my God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.4" class="v19_84_4">4</span>How happy are those who live in your Temple,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_4">always singing praise to you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.5" class="v19_84_5">5</span>How happy are those whose strength comes from you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_5">who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.6" class="v19_84_6">6</span>As they pass through the dry valley of Baca,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_6">it becomes a place of springs;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_6">the autumn rain fills it with pools.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.7" class="v19_84_7">7</span>They grow stronger as they go;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_7">they will see the God of gods on Zion.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.8" class="v19_84_8">8</span>Hear my prayer, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God Almighty.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_8">Listen, O God of Jacob!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.9" class="v19_84_9">9</span>Bless our king, O God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_9">the king you have chosen.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.10" class="v19_84_10">10</span>One day spent in your Temple</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_10">is better than a thousand anywhere else;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_10">I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_10">than live in the homes of the wicked.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.11" class="v19_84_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is our protector and glorious king,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_11">blessing us with kindness and honor.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_11">He does not refuse any good thing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_84_11">to those who do what is right.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_84_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.84.12" class="v19_84_12">12</span><span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you!</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" 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