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Psalm 84

Quam dilecta!

1 How lovely are your dwellings,*

O Lord God of hosts!

2 My soul has a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord;*

my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

3 Indeed, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young,*

even your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they who dwell in your house;*

they will be always praising you.

5 Blessed is the one whose strength is in you,*

in whose heart are your ways,

6 Who going through the valley of misery uses it for a well;*

indeed, the early rains fill the pools with water.

7 They will go from strength to strength,*

and the God of gods shall be seen by them in Zion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;*

hearken, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God, our defender,*

and look upon the face of your Anointed.

10 For one day in your courts*

is better than a thousand;

11 I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God*

than dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and defense;*

the Lord will give grace and honor, and no good thing shall he withhold from those who live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts,*

blessed is the one who puts his trust in you.

Psalms with similar themes:

The Church
46  111  48  84  122  133  147 

Worship
5  26  43  63  65  66  67  122  84  138  96  100  116 

Prayer
4  5  17  20  28  31  54  61  84  86  141  142 

Preparation for Holy Communion
23  25  26  43  41  63  84  122  85  86  130  133  139 

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