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84 In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus.

Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam; avertisti captivitatem Jacob.

Remisisti iniquitatem plebis tuae; operuisti omnia peccata eorum.

Mitigasti omnem iram tuam; avertisti ab ira indignationis tuae.

Converte nos, Deus salutaris noster, et averte iram tuam a nobis.

Numquid in aeternum irasceris nobis? aut extendes iram tuam a generatione in generationem?

Deus, tu conversus vivificabis nos, et plebs tua laetabitur in te.

Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam, et salutare tuum da nobis.

Audiam quid loquatur in me Dominus Deus, quoniam loquetur pacem in plebem suam, et super sanctos suos, et in eos qui convertuntur ad cor.

10 Verumtamen prope timentes eum salutare ipsius, ut inhabitet gloria in terra nostra.

11 Misericordia et veritas obviaverunt sibi; justitia et pax osculatae sunt.

12 Veritas de terra orta est, et justitia de caelo prospexit.

13 Etenim Dominus dabit benignitatem, et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.

14 Justitia ante eum ambulabit, et ponet in via gressus suos.

Psalm 84[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

How lovely is your dwelling place,(A)
    Lord Almighty!
My soul yearns,(B) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.(C)
Even the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,(D)
    Lord Almighty,(E) my King(F) and my God.(G)
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[c]

Blessed are those whose strength(H) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(I)
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;(J)
    the autumn(K) rains also cover it with pools.[d]
They go from strength to strength,(L)
    till each appears(M) before God in Zion.(N)

Hear my prayer,(O) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
Look on our shield,[e](P) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.(Q)

10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(R) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun(S) and shield;(T)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(U)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

12 Lord Almighty,
    blessed(V) is the one who trusts in you.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
  2. Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
  4. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
  5. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign