Psalm 84:1-3

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)

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Footnotes

Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.
Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Psalm 84:7

New International Version

⁷They go from strength to strength,^(A)
till each appears^(B) before God in Zion.^(C)

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Psalm 84:7 in all English translations

Psalm 84:10-11

New International Version

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