Psalm 84-87

New King James Version

³ 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.
⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in Your ^(D)house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley ^(E)of ^[c]Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with ^[d]pools.
⁷ They go ^(F)from strength to strength;
^[e]Each one ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (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!

^4 (O)Restore us, O God of our salvation,
And cause Your anger toward us to cease.
^5 (P)Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?
⁶ Will You not ^(Q)revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?
⁷ Show us Your mercy, Lord,
And grant us Your salvation.

⁸ I will hear what God the Lord will speak,
For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints;
But let them not turn back to ^[h]folly.
⁹ Surely ^(R)His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
^(S)That glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met together;
^(T)Righteousness and peace have kissed.
¹¹ Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
^12 (U)Yes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
¹³ Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.

⁶ Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

^8 (X)Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
⁹ All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.
¹⁰ For You are great, and ^(Y)do wondrous things;
^(Z)You alone are God.

^11 (AA)Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
^[k]Unite my heart to fear Your name.
¹² I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
¹³ For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of ^[l]Sheol.

¹⁴ O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,
And have not set You before them.
¹⁵ But ^(AB)You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

¹⁶ Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.
¹⁷ Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

⁴ “I will make mention of ^[m]Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me;
Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’ ”

⁵ And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will record,
When He ^(AE)registers the peoples:
“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷ Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”