Psalms 84

Psalms 84:1

AMP: How lovely are Your dwelling places,O Lord of hosts!

ASV: How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

BSB: How lovely is Your dwelling place,O LORD of Hosts!

DARBY: {To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

DRA: Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.

KJV: How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

Psalms 84:2

AMP: My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

ASV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

BSB: My soul longs, even faints,for the courts of the LORD;my heart and my flesh cry outfor the living God.

DARBY: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

DRA: How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!

KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Psalms 84:3

AMP: The bird has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

ASV: Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

BSB: Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herself,where she places her young near Your altars,O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

DARBY: Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

DRA: my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

KJV: 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.

Psalms 84:4

AMP: Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

ASV: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah

BSB: How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!They are ever praising You.Selah

DARBY: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah.

DRA: For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

KJV: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Psalms 84:5

AMP: ¶Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

ASV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

BSB: Blessed are those whose strength is in You,whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

DARBY: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, they, in whose heart are the highways.

DRA: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

KJV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Psalms 84:6

AMP: Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs;The early rain also covers it with blessings.

ASV: Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

BSB: As they pass through the Valley of Baca,they make it a place of springs;even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

DARBY: Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

DRA: Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

KJV: Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalms 84:7

AMP: They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];Each of them appears before God in Zion.

ASV: They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

BSB: They go from strength to strength,until each appears before God in Zion.

DARBY: They go from strength to strength: [each one] will appear before God in Zion.

DRA: in the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set.

KJV: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Psalms 84:8

AMP: ¶O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;Listen, O God of Jacob! Selah.

ASV: O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob.Selah

DARBY: Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

DRA: For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

KJV: O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalms 84:9

AMP: See our shield, O God,And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

ASV: Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

BSB: Take notice of our shield, O God,and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.

DARBY: Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

DRA: O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

KJV: Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Psalms 84:10

AMP: For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my GodThan to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

ASV: 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.

BSB: For better is one day in Your courtsthan a thousand elsewhere.I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of the wicked.

DARBY: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

DRA: Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

KJV: 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.

Psalms 84:11

AMP: For the Lord God is a sun and shield;The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

ASV: For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

BSB: For the LORD God is a sun and a shield;the LORD gives grace and glory;He withholds no good thingfrom those who walk with integrity.

DARBY: For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

DRA: For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

KJV: 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.

Psalms 84:12

AMP: O Lord of hosts,How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

ASV: O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalm 85 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

BSB: O LORD of Hosts,how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

DARBY: Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!

DRA: For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

KJV: O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalms 84:13

DRA: He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence : O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.