How lovely are Your
Dwelling places
O’ Yah of hosts
O’ Yah of hosts
My being has longed for
& even fainted
For the courts of Yah
For Your presence be near

My heart and my flesh
Cry out to You
My Sovereign & my El
My Sovereign & my El
Blessed are those
Who dwell in Your house
They are ever-praising You
They are ever-praising You!
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand days!

I’ve chosen rather to be a doorkeeper for You, than with the wrong.
Blessed are those
Whose trust & strength is in You
In their hearts are Your High Ways
In their hearts are Your High Ways

O’ the valley of sadness
They are passing through
From strength to strength they go
From strength to strength they go!
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand days!

I’ve chosen rather to be a doorkeeper for You, than with the wrong.
He does not
Withhold the good from those
Who keep integrity
He does not
Withhold the good from those
Who walk blamelessly!

Psalm 84
How lovely are your dwellings,
Yahweh of Armies!
2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you. Selah.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength.
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8 Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.
Yahweh will give grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 Yahweh of Armies,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.