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Psalms 84

How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty. My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself near your altar. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. For the Lord God is a sun and shield.

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Psalm 84

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

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Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

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Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

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Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

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They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

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O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

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Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.