# Psalm 84 (New King James Version)
The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

##### Chapter 84
###### 1 How lovely _is_ Your tabernacle,  
O Lord of hosts!  

###### 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints  
For the courts of the Lord;  
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

###### 3 Even the sparrow has found a home,  
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 Blessed _are_ those who dwell in Your house;  
They will still be praising You. _Selah_

###### 5 Blessed _is_ the man whose strength _is_ in You,  
Whose heart _is_ set on pilgrimage.  

###### 6 _As they_ pass through the Valley of Baca,  
They make it a spring;  
The rain also covers it with pools.  

###### 7 They go from strength to strength;  
_Each one_ appears before God in Zion.

###### 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;  
Give ear, O God of Jacob! _Selah_  

###### 9 O God, behold our shield,  
And look upon the face of Your anointed.

###### 10 For a day in Your courts _is_ better than a thousand.  
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God  
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.  

###### 11 For the Lord God _is_ a sun and shield;  
The Lord will give grace and glory;  
No good _thing_ will He withhold  
From those who walk uprightly.

###### 12 O Lord of hosts,  
Blessed _is_ the man who trusts in You!