Psalm 84-85

English Standard Version

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] A Psalm of ^(B)the Sons of Korah.

84 How ^(C)lovely is your ^(D)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
²My soul ^(E)longs, yes, ^(F)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(G)the living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    ^(H)my King and my God.
⁴^(I)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(J)singing your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    ^(K)in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[b]
⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    ^(L)the early rain also covers it with ^(M)pools.
⁷They go ^(N)from strength to strength;
    each one ^(O)appears before God in Zion.

⁸O ^(P)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
⁹^(Q)Behold our ^(R)shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day ^(S)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(T)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(U)a sun and ^(V)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(W)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(X)walk uprightly.
¹²O Lord of hosts,
    ^(Y)blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Revive Us Again

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of ^(Z)the Sons of Korah.

85 Lord, you were ^(AA)favorable to your land;
    you ^(AB)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
²You ^(AC)forgave the iniquity of your people;
    you ^(AD)covered all their sin. Selah
³You withdrew all your wrath;
    you ^(AE)turned from your hot anger.

⁴^(AF)Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation toward us!
⁵^(AG)Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
⁶Will you not ^(AH)revive us again,
    that your people may ^(AI)rejoice in you?
⁷Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.

⁸^(AJ)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(AK)speak peace to his people, to his ^(AL)saints;
    but let them not ^(AM)turn back to ^(AN)folly.
⁹Surely his ^(AO)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(AP)glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰^(AQ)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(AR)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹²Yes, ^(AS)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(AT)will yield its increase.
¹³^(AU)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

Footnotes

Psalm 84:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 84:5 Hebrew lacks to Zion

Psalm 87

English Standard Version

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah. A Song.

87 On ^(B)the holy mount ^(C)stands the city he founded;
²    the Lord ^(D)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
³^(E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
    O ^(F)city of God. Selah

⁴Among those who ^(G)know me I mention ^(H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(I)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(J)establish her.
⁶The Lord records as he ^(K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah