渴慕住在聖殿

可拉後裔的詩,交給樂長,用迦特樂器。

84 萬軍之耶和華啊,
你的居所多麼美好!
我深願進入耶和華的院宇,
我的身心向永活的上帝歡呼。
萬軍之耶和華,
我的王我的上帝啊,
在你的祭壇邊,麻雀找到了家,
燕子築巢養育幼雛。
住在你殿裡的人有福了!
他們不斷地歌頌你。(細拉)

靠你得力量、嚮往到錫安朝見你的人有福了!
他們走過流淚谷,
這谷就變成泉源之地,
秋雨使谷中水塘遍佈。
他們越走越有力,
都要到錫安朝見上帝。
萬軍之上帝耶和華啊,
求你聽我的禱告;
雅各的上帝啊,求你垂聽。(細拉)
上帝啊,求你照看我們的盾牌,
垂顧你所膏立的王。
10 在你的院宇住一日勝過在別處住千日!
我寧願在我上帝的殿中看門,
也不願住在惡人的帳篷裡。
11 因為耶和華上帝是太陽,是盾牌;
祂賜下恩惠和尊榮,
不留下任何好處不賜給行為正直的人。
12 萬軍之耶和華啊,
信靠你的人有福了!

The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

84 How (B)lovely [b]is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
(C)My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Even the sparrow has found a home,
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.
Blessed are those who dwell in Your (D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley (E)of [c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with [d]pools.
They go (F)from strength to strength;
[e]Each one (G)appears before God in Zion.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
(H)O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your [f]anointed.

10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather [g]be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is (I)a sun and (J)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(K)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts,
(L)Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:1 Heb. Al Gittith
  2. Psalm 84:1 are Your dwellings
  3. Psalm 84:6 Lit. Weeping
  4. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
  5. Psalm 84:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. The God of gods shall be seen
  6. Psalm 84:9 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
  7. Psalm 84:10 stand at the threshold