Salmos 84

1 (For the one directing. On the gittit. Mizmor for the Bnei Korach)

2 How yedidot (lovely) are thy mishkanot,

O Hashem Tzva’os!

3 My nefesh longeth, yea, even fainteth

for the khatzrot Hashem (courts of Hashem);

my lev and my basar

crieth out for El Chai.

4 Yea, the sparrow hath found a bais,

and the swallow a ken (nest) for herself,

where she may lay her young,

even Thine mizbechot,

O Hashem Tzva’os Malki v’Elohai.

5 Ashrei are they that dwell in Thy Beis;*84:5 Hamikdash

they are ever praising Thee.

Selah

6 Ashrei is the adam whose oz (strength) is in Thee;

in whose lev are their highways [to Tziyon].*84:6 see Ps 84:7 [8]

7 Who passing through the valley of Baca (weeping)

make it a ma’ayon (spring, fountain);

the moreh (early rain) also covereth it with berakhot (blessings).

8 They go from strength to strength,

every one of them who appeareth before Elohim in Tziyon.

9 O Hashem Elohim Tzva’os, hear my tefillah;

give ear, O Elohei Ya’akov.

Selah

10 Behold mogineinu (our shield), O Elohim,

and look upon the face of Thine Moshiach.

11 For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better

than a thousand.

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai,

than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness).

12 For Hashem Elohim is a shemesh and a mogen;

Hashem will give chen and kavod;

no good thing will He withhold

from the holekhim b’tamim (them that walk uprightly).

13 O Hashem Tzva’os, ashrei is the adam

bote’ach (man that trusteth, hath confident faith) in Thee.