Psalm 84
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
1 O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou | Lord of | hosts! ||
2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord; * my heart and my flesh re- | joice • in the | living | God. ||
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, * and the swallow a nest, where she may | lay her | young; ||
even thy altars, O Lord of | hosts, my | 3 King and my | God. ||
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; * they will be | alway | praising • thee. ||
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in | thee; • in whose | 3 heart are thy | ways. ||
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
6 Who going through the vale of misery | use it • for a | well; ||
and the | pools are | filled with | water. ||
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
7 They will go from | strength to | strength, ||
and unto the God of gods appeareth every | one of | them in | Sion. ||
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O | God of | Jacob. ||
9 Behold, O God our defender, * and look upon the | face of | thine an- | ointed. ||
9 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.
10 For one day in thy courts is | better • than a | thousand. ||
11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, * than to | dwell • in the | 3 tents of un- | godli•ness. ||
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.
12 For the Lord God is a | light • and de- | fence; ||
the Lord will give grace and worship; * and no good thing shall he withhold from | them that • live a | godly | life. ||
13 O 3 Lord | God of | hosts, ||
blessed is the man that | 3 putteth his | trust in | thee. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).