Psalm 84:3-10

Amplified Bible

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The bird has found a house,
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.
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Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;
They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

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Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,
In ^[a]whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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Passing through the Valley of Weeping (^[b]Baca), they make it a place of springs;
The early rain also covers it with blessings.
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They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];
Each of them appears before God in Zion.

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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.
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See our shield, O God,
And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].
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For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.