{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":84,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/83","next":"psalms/85","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!","f":["Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 81."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 How lovely is Your dwelling place,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O LORD of Hosts!"}],"h":"Better Is One Day in Your Courts","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My soul longs, even faints,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the courts of the LORD;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"my heart and my flesh cry out"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the living God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Even the sparrow has found a home,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the swallow a nest for herself,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"where she places her young near Your altars,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"They are ever praising You."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Blessed are those whose strength is in You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose hearts are set on pilgrimage."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.","f":["Or Valley of Poplars","Or with blessings"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As they pass through the Valley of Baca,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they make it a place of springs;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even the autumn rain covers it with pools."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They go from strength to strength,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until each appears before God in Zion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"give ear, O God of Jacob."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Take notice of our shield, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and look with favor on the face of Your anointed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For better is one day in Your courts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"than a thousand elsewhere."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"than dwell in the tents of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the LORD God is a sun and a shield;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD gives grace and glory;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He withholds no good thing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from those who walk with integrity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how blessed is the man who trusts in You!"}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah."}