Psalm 84
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1Lord who rules over all,
how lovely is the place where you live!
2I can’t wait to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
I really want to be there.
My whole being cries out
for the living God.
3Lord who rules over all,
even the sparrow has found a home near your altar.
My King and my God,
the swallow also has a nest there,
where she may have her young.
4Blessed are those who live in your house.
They are always praising you.
5Blessed are those whose strength comes from you.
They have firmly decided to travel to your temple.
6As they pass through the dry Valley of Baka,
they make it a place where water flows.
The rain in the fall covers it with pools.
7Those people get stronger as they go along,
until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.
8Lord God who rules over all, hear my prayer.
God of the people of Jacob, listen to me.
9God, may you be pleased with your anointed king.
You appointed him to be like a shield that keeps us safe.
10A single day in your courtyards is better
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather guard the door of the house of my God
than live in the tents of sinful people.
11The Lord God is like the sun that gives us light.
He is like a shield that keeps us safe.
The Lord blesses us with favor and honor.
He doesn’t hold back anything good
from those whose lives are without blame.
12Lord who rules over all,
blessed is the person who trusts in you.
第 84 篇
渴慕住在聖殿
可拉後裔的詩，交給樂長，用迦特樂器。
1萬軍之耶和華啊，
你的居所多麼美好！
2我深願進入耶和華的院宇，
我的身心向永活的上帝歡呼。
3萬軍之耶和華，
我的王我的上帝啊，
在你的祭壇邊，麻雀找到了家，
燕子築巢養育幼雛。
4住在你殿裡的人有福了！
他們不斷地歌頌你。（細拉）
5靠你得力量、嚮往到錫安朝見你的人有福了！
6他們走過流淚谷，
這谷就變成泉源之地，
秋雨使谷中水塘遍佈。
7他們越走越有力，
都要到錫安朝見上帝。
8萬軍之上帝耶和華啊，
求你聽我的禱告；
雅各的上帝啊，求你垂聽。（細拉）
9上帝啊，求你照看我們的盾牌，
垂顧你所膏立的王。
10在你的院宇住一日勝過在別處住千日！
我寧願在我上帝的殿中看門，
也不願住在惡人的帳篷裡。
11因為耶和華上帝是太陽，是盾牌；
祂賜下恩惠和尊榮，
不留下任何好處不賜給行為正直的人。
12萬軍之耶和華啊，
信靠你的人有福了！
