UST PSA Chapter 84

84 This is a note for the worship leader: the song with stringed instrument. of the Korahites wrote psalm.

1 Yahweh, commander of the heavenly armies,

what a wonderful place your temple is!

2 I long greatly, deep inside,

to be in the courtyards of Yahweh’s temple.

With my whole being I call out

to the only true God.

3 Even little birds have built their nests near your temple,

and that is where they are taking care of their babies.

Yahweh, commander of the heavenly armies,

you are my king and my God.

4 What a good life people have who live by your temple!

They worship you continually there. Selah

5 What a good life people have whom you make strong

so that they can travel to your temple as they greatly desire!

6 As they pass through the arid Valley of Baca, they dig wells to look for water,

and God sends autumn rains that fill those wells with life-giving water.

7 They become stronger as they go,

and each of them arrives at the temple in Zion

where God is present.

8 Yahweh, you are the God who commands the heavenly armies.

Please answer my prayer.

You are the God whom we Israelite people worship.

Please do what I ask. Selah

9 God, please treat favorably the king you have appointed

to protect us.

10 It is better be in your temple courtyards for a single day

than to be anywhere else for a thousand days.

I would rather stand at the entrance to the courtyard of my God’s temple

than stay in any of the comfortable homes where wicked people live.

11 Yahweh our God makes us prosper, just as the sun makes crops grow,

and he protects us, just as a shield protects a warrior.

He is kind to us and honors us.

Yahweh gives people who live rightly

every good thing that they need.

12 Yahweh, commander of the heavenly armies,

what a good life people have who trust you!