For the director; upon the Gitʹtith. Of the sons of Korʹah. A melody.
84 How lovely your grand tabernacle is,
O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies!
Yes, I am faint with longing,
For the courtyards of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}.
My heart and my flesh shout joyfully to the living Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}.
3 Even the bird finds a home there
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she cares for her young
Near your grand altar, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies,
My King and my Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}!
4 Happy are those dwelling in your house!
They continue to praise you. (Selah)
5 Happy are the men who find their strength in you,
Whose hearts are set on the highways.
6 When they pass through the Baʹca Valley,
They make it into a place of springs;
And the early rain clothes it with blessings.
7 They will walk on from strength to strength;
Each one appears before Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} in Zion.
8 O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, O Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} of Yacob. (Selah)
9 Look, our shield and our Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'},
Look upon the face of your anointed one.
10 For a day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}
Rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} is a sun and a shield;
He gives favor and glory.
Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will not hold back anything good
From those walking in integrity.
12 O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies,
Happy is the man who trusts in you.