84:3 Even the birds find a home there,
and the swallow 1 builds a nest,
where she can protect her young 2
near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,
my king and my God.
84:4 How blessed 3 are those who live in your temple
and praise you continually! (Selah)
1 tn The word translated “swallow” occurs only here and in Prov 26:2.
2 tn Heb “even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, [in] which she places her young.”
3 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see v. 12 and Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).