1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
2 How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O HaShem of hosts!
3 My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of HaShem; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living G-d.
4 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O HaShem of hosts, my King, and my G-d--.
5 Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah
6 Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.
7 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.
8 They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before G-d in Zion.
9 O HaShem G-d of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O G-d of Jacob. Selah
10 Behold, O G-d our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.
11 For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my G-d, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
12 For HaShem G-d is a sun and a shield; HaShem giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
13 O HaShem of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.
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Today's Verse
if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Verse Of The DayThe psalm closes with the famous declaration in Psalms 84:11 that the LORD 'will give grace and glory' and withhold no good thing from the upright, a promise echoed in Psalms 34:9-10. Its picture of a doorkeeper preferring God's house to the tents of wickedness remains one of the Psalter's most quoted lines.
