渴慕住在圣殿

可拉后裔的诗,交给乐长,用迦特乐器。

84 万军之耶和华啊,
你的居所多么美好!
我深愿进入耶和华的院宇,
我的身心向永活的上帝欢呼。
万军之耶和华,
我的王我的上帝啊,
在你的祭坛边,麻雀找到了家,
燕子筑巢养育幼雏。
住在你殿里的人有福了!
他们不断地歌颂你。(细拉)

靠你得力量、向往到锡安朝见你的人有福了!
他们走过流泪谷,
这谷就变成泉源之地,
秋雨使谷中水塘遍布。
他们越走越有力,
都要到锡安朝见上帝。
万军之上帝耶和华啊,
求你听我的祷告;
雅各的上帝啊,求你垂听。(细拉)
上帝啊,求你照看我们的盾牌,
垂顾你所膏立的王。
10 在你的院宇住一日胜过在别处住千日!
我宁愿在我上帝的殿中看门,
也不愿住在恶人的帐篷里。
11 因为耶和华上帝是太阳,是盾牌;
祂赐下恩惠和尊荣,
不留下任何好处不赐给行为正直的人。
12 万军之耶和华啊,
信靠你的人有福了!

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!

Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You

For the choir director. According to the [a]Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

84 How lovely are Your (A)dwelling places,
O Yahweh of hosts!
My (B)soul has longed and even [b]fainted for the courts of Yahweh;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (C)living God.
Even the bird has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,
At Your (D)altars, O Yahweh of hosts,
(E)My King and my God.
How (F)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (G)ever praising You. [c]Selah.

How blessed is the man whose (H)strength is in You,
In [d]whose heart are the (I)highways to Zion!
Passing through the valley of [e]Baca they make it a [f]spring;
The (J)early rain also wraps it up with blessings.
They (K)go from strength to strength,
[g]Each one of them (L)appears before God in Zion.

O (M)Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (N)God of Jacob! Selah.
See our (O)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (P)Your anointed.
10 For (Q)better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is (R)a sun and (S)shield;
Yahweh gives grace and (T)glory;
(U)No good thing does He withhold [h]from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts,
How (V)blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84 Title Possibly an instrument or a title for a tune.
  2. Psalm 84:2 Lit failed
  3. Psalm 84:4 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  4. Psalm 84:5 Lit their
  5. Psalm 84:6 Probably Weeping; or Balsam trees
  6. Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
  7. Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion
  8. Psalm 84:11 Lit with regard to