Psalm 84:1-7

Good News Translation

Longing for God's House^[a]

84 How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty!
²    How I want to be there!
    I long to be in the Lord's Temple.
With my whole being I sing for joy
    to the living God.
³Even the sparrows have built a nest,
    and the swallows have their own home;
they keep their young near your altars,
    Lord Almighty, my king and my God.
⁴How happy are those who live in your Temple,
    always singing praise to you.

⁵How happy are those whose strength comes from you,
    who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
⁶As they pass through the dry valley of Baca,
    it becomes a place of springs;
    the autumn rain fills it with pools.
⁷They grow stronger as they go;
    they will see the God of gods on Zion.