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Psalm 84 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Longing for the Temple Worship.

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To the Chief Musician; set to a [fn]Philistine lute. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely are Your dwelling places,

O LORD of hosts!

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My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the LORD;

My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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The bird has found a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—

Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,

My King and my God.

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Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;

They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

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Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,

In [fn]whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([fn]Baca), they make it a place of springs;

The early rain also covers it with blessings.

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They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];

Each of them appears before God in Zion.

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O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;

Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

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See our shield, O God,

And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

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For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];

I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God

Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

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For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

The LORD bestows grace and favor and honor;

No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

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O LORD of hosts,

How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

AMP Footnotes
A technical musical term, meaning uncertain.
Lit their.
Possibly a kind of plant.
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