Psalms — Chapter 84
For the leader; on the gittith. Of the Korahites. A psalm.
How lovely is Your dwelling-place,O GOD of Hosts.
I long, I yearn for the courts of the ETERNAL One;my body and soul shout for joy to the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herselfin which to set her young,near Your altar, O GOD of Hosts,my monarch and my God.
Happy are those who dwell in Your house;they forever praise You. Selah.
Happy are those who find refuge in You,whose mind is on the [pilgrim] highways.
They pass through the Valley of Baca,regarding it as a place of springs,as if the early rain had covered it with blessing.aregarding it … blessing Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
They go from rampart to rampart,brampart to rampart In contrast to others “strength to strength.” appearing before God in Zion.
O ETERNAL God of hosts,hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
O God, behold our shield,look upon the face of Your anointed.
Better one day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand at the threshold of God’s housethan dwell in the tents of the wicked.
For the ETERNAL God is suncsun Or “bulwark,” with Targum; cf. Isa. 54.12. and shield; GOD bestows grace and glory,and does not withhold bounty from those who live without blame.
O GOD of Hosts,happy is the one who trusts in You.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Dhammapada 10:1
“All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”