For the music director; according to the gittith style;
84:1 How lovely is the place where you live,
O Lord who rules over all!
84:2 I desperately want to be
in the courts of the Lord’s temple.
My heart and my entire being
to the living God.
84:3 Even the birds find a home there,
and the swallow
where she can protect her young
near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,
my king and my God.
84:4 How blessed
and praise you continually! (Selah)
84:5 How blessed are those who
and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
84:6 As they pass through the Baca Valley,
he provides a spring for them.
The rain
84:7 They are sustained as they travel along;
each one appears
84:8 O Lord, sovereign God,
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
84:9 O God, take notice of our shield!
Show concern for your chosen king!
84:10 Certainly
than spending a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the entrance
than live
84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector.
The Lord bestows favor
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
84:12 O Lord who rules over all,
how blessed are those who trust in you!
For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm.
85:1 O Lord, you showed favor to your land;
you restored the well-being of Jacob.
85:2 You pardoned
you forgave
85:3 You withdrew all your fury;
you turned back from your raging anger.
85:4 Restore us, O God our deliverer!
Do not be displeased with us!
85:5 Will you stay mad at us forever?
Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
85:6 Will you not revive us once more?
Then your people will rejoice in you!
85:7 O Lord, show us your loyal love!
Bestow on us your deliverance!
85:8 I will listen to what God the Lord says.
For he will make
Yet they must not
85:9 Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance;
then his splendor will again appear in our land.
85:10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet;
deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.
85:11 Faithfulness grows from the ground,
and deliverance looks down from the sky.
85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings,
and our land will yield
85:13 Deliverance goes
and prepares