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href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How lovely are your dwelling places,</p> <p class="poetry2">LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I desire and long</p> <p class="poetry2">for the Temple<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="84:2 The Heb. lacks temple">a</a></span> courts of the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry2">My heart and body<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="84:2 Lit. flesh">b</a></span> sing for joy</p> <p class="poetry2">to the living God.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="84:2 Or the God of life">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Even the sparrow found a house for herself</p> <p class="poetry2">and the swallow a nest</p> <p class="poetry2">to lay<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="84:3 Or to set up ">d</a></span> her young at your altar,</p> <p class="poetry2">LORD of the Heavenly Armies,</p> <p class="poetry2">my king and God.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>How happy are those who live in your Temple,</p> <p class="poetry2">for they can praise you continuously.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>How happy are those whose strength is in you,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose heart is on your path.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They will pass through the Baca Valley</p> <p class="poetry2">where he will prepare a spring for them;</p> <p class="poetry2">even the early rain will cover it with blessings.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They will walk from strength to strength;</p> <p class="poetry2">each will appear before God in Zion.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, hear my prayer!</p> <p class="poetry2">Listen, God of Jacob!</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, look at our shield,</p> <p class="poetry2">and show favor to your anointed,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for a day in your Temple<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="84:10 The Heb. lacks temple">e</a></span> courts is better</p> <p class="poetry2">than a thousand elsewhere;</p> <p class="poetry2">I would rather stand</p> <p class="poetry2">at the entrance of God’s house</p> <p class="poetry2">than live in the tent of wickedness.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the LORD God is a sun and shield;</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD grants grace and favor;</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD will not withhold any good thing</p> <p class="poetry2">from those who walk blamelessly.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/84-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>LORD of Heavenly Armies,</p> <p class="poetry2">how happy are those who trust in you.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 84:2 The Heb. lacks <i>temple</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 84:2 Lit. <i>flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 84:2 Or <i>the God of life</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 84:3 Or <i>to set up</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 84:10 The Heb. lacks <i>temple</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div 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