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The Bible · King James Version

Psalms 84

1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

Translator's notefor the sons: or, of the sons

2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Translator's noteBaca: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc
Translator's notefilleth: Heb. covereth

7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Translator's notestrength to: or, company to company

8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Translator's noteI had: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold

11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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About this text. King James Version, Church of England translators, 1611 (1769). Public domain (outside the United Kingdom). Translators' marginal notes are shown as separate translator's notes, never as scripture. Sources for The Bible · How Divine Reader works