April 24, 2005

  • Psalm 84

    1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
    O LORD Almighty!
    2 My soul yearns, even faints,
    for the courts of the LORD ;
    my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.
    3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may have her young-
    a place near your altar,
    O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
    4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.
    5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
    6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
    7 They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.
    8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
    listen to me, O God of Jacob.
    9 Look upon our shield, O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.
    10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
    I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
    11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
    the LORD bestows favor and honor;
    no good thing does he withhold
    from those whose walk is blameless.
    12 O LORD Almighty,
    blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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    I'm the Nerz King again. Just fyi.