Psalm 84

St. Leonard

1 How delightful are your dwellings,

O Almighty LORD, to me!

2 For your courts my soul is yearning;

in your house I long to be.

Heart and flesh cry out aloud

for the true and living God.

3 Even sparrows find their dwelling,

and the swallow builds a nest

Near your altar, LORD Almight,

where her offspring may have rest.

4 Blessed whose home is your abode

they are ever praising God.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

those who have a pilgrim's mind.

6 Pools from autumn rains refresh them;

springs in Baca's vale they find.

7 Strength increasing, Zionward

they go on their way to God.

8 Hear my pray'r, LORD God Almighty,

and receive the plea I make.

Listen to me, God of Jacob;

hear me for your mercy's sake.

9 Look upon our shield and bring

favour to your chosen king.

10 One day in your courts is better

than a thousand days elsewhere.

Let me stay in my God's temple -

let me be a doorman there -

Rather than find happiness

in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD gives grace and honour;

God will be a shield and sun.

He will not withhold his blessing

from the just and blameless one.

12 LORD Almighty, great and true,

blessed the one who trusts in you.

Lyrics from 'Sing Psalms'. Copyright Free Church of Scotland.

BIRCHWOOD CHURCH