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Psalm 84
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
How lovely is thy dwelling-place,
O Lord of hosts, to me!
The tabernacles of thy grace
how pleasant, Lord, they be!
O Lord of hosts, to me!
The tabernacles of thy grace
how pleasant, Lord, they be!
Vers 2
My thirsty soul longs veh’mently,
yea faints, thy courts to see:
My very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.
yea faints, thy courts to see:
My very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.
Vers 3
Behold, the sparrow findeth out
an house wherein to rest;
The swallow also for herself
hath purchased a nest;
an house wherein to rest;
The swallow also for herself
hath purchased a nest;
Vers 4
Ev’n thine own altars, where she safe
her young ones forth may bring,
O thou almighty Lord of hosts,
who art my God and King.
her young ones forth may bring,
O thou almighty Lord of hosts,
who art my God and King.
Vers 5
Bless’d are they in thy house that dwell,
they ever give thee praise.
Bless’d is the man whose strength thou art,
in whose heart are thy ways:
they ever give thee praise.
Bless’d is the man whose strength thou art,
in whose heart are thy ways:
Vers 6
Who passing thorough Baca’s vale,
therein do dig up wells;
Also the rain that falleth down
the pools with water fills.
therein do dig up wells;
Also the rain that falleth down
the pools with water fills.
Vers 7
So they from strength unwearied go
still forward unto strength,
Until in Sion they appear
before the Lord at length.
still forward unto strength,
Until in Sion they appear
before the Lord at length.
Vers 8
Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear;
O Jacob’s God, give ear.
See God our shield, look on the face
of thine anointed dear.
O Jacob’s God, give ear.
See God our shield, look on the face
of thine anointed dear.
Vers 9
For in thy courts one day excels
a thousand; rather in
My God’s house will I keep a door,
than dwell in tents of sin.
a thousand; rather in
My God’s house will I keep a door,
than dwell in tents of sin.
Vers 10
For God the Lord’s a sun and shield:
he’ll grace and glory give;
And will withhold no good from them
that uprightly do live.
he’ll grace and glory give;
And will withhold no good from them
that uprightly do live.
Vers 11
O thou that art the Lord of hosts,
that man is truly blest,
Who by assured confidence
on thee alone doth rest.
that man is truly blest,
Who by assured confidence
on thee alone doth rest.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 84 is a psalm of Korach and belongs to Book III (Psalm 73–89) of the Psalter.
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