Psalm 84
The full text of Psalm 84 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
For the music director. According to the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself
where she may lay her young—
your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 Passing through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God;
gaze on the face of your anointed.
10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows grace and glory.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk with integrity.
12 O LORD of hosts,
happy is the one who trusts in you.
Translation notes (2)
- Psalm 84:3a Hebrew tsippor, 'sparrow', is a general term for small birds, while deror, rendered here as 'swallow', appears elsewhere only in Proverbs 26:2 and may denote the swift; its precise identification is uncertain. The image reflects the open courts of the Jerusalem temple, where birds could nest in the precincts near the altars of burnt offering and incense.
- Psalm 84:6a Hebrew baka (בָּכָא) may denote the balsam tree, which grows in arid ground, or may echo the verb bakhah, 'to weep'; the Septuagint reads 'valley of weeping'. This translation retains the place name and lets the wordplay stand. The consonants of berakhot, 'blessings', could also be vocalized berekhot, 'pools', but the pointing of the Masoretic Text is followed here.
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