<h4>Psalm 84</h4>
<h5>New International Version</h5>
<h6>Psalm 84[a]</h6>
<small>For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</small>
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1   How lovely is your dwelling place,
    Lord Almighty!
2   My soul yearns, even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
    my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.
3   Even the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may have her young - 
    a place near your altar,
    Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4   Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[c]

5   Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6   As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[d]
7   They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.

8   Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
9   Look on our shield,[e] O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.

10  Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11  For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
    no good thing does he withhold
    from those whose walk is blameless.

12  Lord Almighty,
    blessed is the one who trusts in you.

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<h5>Footnotes</h5>
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Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign
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