LHC Midday Word: PSALM Eighty Four

Monday, 25 May 2026

PSALM Eighty Four

For the director of music.
According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah.
A psalm.
1
How lovely is your dwelling-place,
    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,
    Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.
5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    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, Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
9
Look on our shield, O God;
    look with favour 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 favour and honour;
no good thing does he withhold
    from those whose way of life is blameless.
12
Lord Almighty,
    blessed is the one who trusts in you.