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Psalm 84 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 - I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:4 - What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 - What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,[fn]
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:7 - They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:8 - O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, O God of Jacob.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9 - O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:11 - For the LORD God is our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and glory.
The LORD will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:12 - O LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
what joy for those who trust in you.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew according to the gittith.
Or Valley of Poplars; Hebrew reads valley of Baca.
Hebrew Zion.
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Psalm Chapter 84 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras