Blessed is the person whose (A)strength is in You,
In [a]whose heart are the (B)roads to Zion!
Passing through the Valley of [b]Baca they make it a [c]spring;
The (C)early rain also covers it with blessings.
They (D)go from strength to strength,
[d]Every one of them (E)appears before God in Zion.

(F)Lord God of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, (G)God of Jacob! Selah
See our (H)shield, God,
And look at the face of (I)Your anointed.
10 For (J)a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than live in the tents of wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:5 Lit their
  2. Psalm 84:6 Prob. Weeping; or Balsam-shrubs
  3. Psalm 84:6 Or place of springs
  4. Psalm 84:7 Some ancient versions The God of gods will be seen in Zion

Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;(C)
    the autumn(D) rains also cover it with pools.[a]
They go from strength to strength,(E)
    till each appears(F) before God in Zion.(G)

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

10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(K) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
  2. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign