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Psalm 84
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How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
- Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!
- What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises. Interlude
- What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
- When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
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They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
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O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
- O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
- A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
- For the LORD God is our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right.
- O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
what joy for those who trust in you.