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Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely are Your Adwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!
My Asoul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the Bliving God.
The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your Aaltars, O Lord of hosts,
BMy King and my God.
How Ablessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are Bever praising You. 1
Selah.
How blessed is the man whose Astrength is in You,
In 1whose heart are the Bhighways to Zion!
Passing through the valley of 1Baca they make it a 2spring;
The Aearly rain also covers it with blessings.
They Ago from strength to strength,
1Every one of them Bappears before God in Zion.
O A Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O BGod of Jacob!
Selah.
Behold our Ashield, O God,
And look upon the face of BYour anointed.
10 For Aa day in Your 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.
11 For the Lord God is Aa sun and Bshield;
The Lord gives grace and Cglory;
DNo good thing does He withhold 1from those who walk 2uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,
How Ablessed is the man who trusts in You!
84: Or according to A 84:1 Ps 43:3; 132:5 A 84:2 Ps 42:1, 2; 63:1 B 84:2 Ps 42:2 A 84:3 Ps 43:4 B 84:3 Ps 5:2 A 84:4 Ps 65:4 B 84:4 Ps 42:5, 11 1 84:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude A 84:5 Ps 81:1 1 84:5 Lit their B 84:5 Ps 86:11; 122:1; Jer 31:6 1 84:6 Probably, Weeping; or Balsam trees 2 84:6 Or place of springs A 84:6 Ps 107:35; Joel 2:23 A 84:7 Prov 4:18; Is 40:31; John 1:16; 2 Cor 3:18 1 84:7 Some ancient versions read The God of gods will be seen in Zion B 84:7 Ex 34:23; Deut 16:16; Ps 42:2 A 84:8 Ps 59:5; 80:4; 84:1 B 84:8 Ps 81:1 A 84:9 Gen 15:1; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 59:11; 115:9-11 B 84:9 1 Sam 16:6; 2 Sam 19:21; Ps 2:2; 132:17 A 84:10 Ps 27:4 A 84:11 Is 60:19, 20; Mal 4:2; Rev 21:23 B 84:11 Gen 15:1 C 84:11 Ps 85:9 D 84:11 Ps 34:9, 10 1 84:11 Lit with regard to 2 84:11 Lit with integrity A 84:12 Ps 2:12; 40:4