Psalm 84

New International Version

Psalm 84^[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

¹How lovely is your dwelling place,^(A)
    Lord Almighty!
²My soul yearns,^(B) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.^(C)
³Even the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,^(D)
    Lord Almighty,^(E) my King^(F) and my God.^(G)
⁴Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.^[c]

⁵Blessed are those whose strength^(H) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.^(I)
⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;^(J)
    the autumn^(K) rains also cover it with pools.^[d]
⁷They go from strength to strength,^(L)
    till each appears^(M) before God in Zion.^(N)

⁸Hear my prayer,^(O) Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob.
⁹Look on our shield,^[e]^(P) O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.^(Q)

¹⁰Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(R) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
¹¹For the Lord God is a sun^(S) and shield;^(T)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold^(U)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

¹²Lord Almighty,
blessed^(V) is the one who trusts in you.

Footnotes

Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.
Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign

Jeremiah 33:10-16

New International Version

¹⁰“This is what the Lord says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.”^(A) Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted,^(B) inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more ¹¹the sounds of joy and gladness,^(C) the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings^(D) to the house of the Lord, saying,

“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,
for the Lord is good;^(E)
his love endures forever.”^(F)

For I will restore the fortunes^(G) of the land as they were before,^(H)’ says the Lord.

¹²“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate^(I) and without people or animals^(J)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.^(K) ¹³In the towns of the hill^(L) country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,^(M) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand^(N) of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

¹⁴“‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise^(O) I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

¹⁵“‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous^(P) Branch^(Q) sprout from David’s line;^(R)
    he will do what is just and right in the land.
¹⁶In those days Judah will be saved^(S)
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.^(T)
This is the name by which it^[a] will be called:^(U)
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’^(V)