Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;(C)
    the autumn(D) rains also cover it with pools.[a]
They go from strength to strength,(E)
    till each appears(F) before God in Zion.(G)

Hear my prayer,(H) Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
Look on our shield,[b](I) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.(J)

10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(K) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun(L) and shield;(M)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(N)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

12 Lord Almighty,
    blessed(O) is the one who trusts in you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings
  2. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign

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.

10 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.

11 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.

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

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