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Chapter 84
Psal NETtext 84:1  For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm.How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!
Psal NETtext 84:2  I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
Psal NETtext 84:3  Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.
Psal NETtext 84:4  How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)
Psal NETtext 84:5  How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
Psal NETtext 84:6  As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
Psal NETtext 84:7  They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
Psal NETtext 84:8  O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
Psal NETtext 84:9  O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
Psal NETtext 84:10  Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
Psal NETtext 84:11  For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Psal NETtext 84:12  O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!