84
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korach [Bald one, Frost]. (See Num ch 16).
1 How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings,
Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!
2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Adonai.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [Living God].
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
near your altars, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you;
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength.
Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].
8 Adonai, Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer.
Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter].
Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
9 Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of ethical wickedness.
11 For Adonai God is a sun and a shield.
Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty glory·.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies],
blessed is the man who trusts in you.