outdoor service

Psalm 84

Longing for the Temple Worship

1 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

3 The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You.

Selah.

5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion!

6 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; the early rain also covers it with blessings.

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

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!

Selah.

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

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. 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 gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12 O LORD of hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!