Psalm 84

For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1 How lovely is Your dwelling place,

O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints,

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the Living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may have her young—

a place near Your altar,

O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;

they are ever praising You.

Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in You,

who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,

they make it a place of springs;

the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength,

till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;

listen to me, O God of Jacob.

Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God;

look with favor on Your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts

than a thousand elsewhere;

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

the LORD bestows favor and honor;

no good thing does he withhold

from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty,

blessed is the man who trusts in You. [emphasis mine]

Allow God to speak a warm fresh breath from His Word to your heart today - as He did to mine!

Always praising... and

Choosing JOY,

Stephanie