THE BOOK OF PSALMS
PSALM 84
The righteous cry unto the living GodBetter to be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickednessNo good thing withheld from those that walk uprightly.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
HOW aamiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
My soul longeth, yea, even afainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
Blessed is the man whose astrength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion aappeareth before God.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than aa thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD God is a asun and bshield: the LORD will give cgrace and glory: no good thing will he dwithhold from them that ewalk uprightly.
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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