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Psalm 84 :: New English Translation (NET)

Psa 84:1How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL!
Psa 84:2I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Psa 84:3Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL, my king and my God.
Psa 84:4How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)
Psa 84:5How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
Psa 84:6As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
Psa 84:7They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
Psa 84:8O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
Psa 84:9O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
Psa 84:10Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
Psa 84:11For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Psa 84:12O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL, how blessed are those who trust in you!
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