Psalms

Psalm 84:1–3

¹For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.^a A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

How lovely is Your dwelling place,

O LORD of Hosts!

²My soul longs, even faints,

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living God.

³Even 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.

Footnotes

a 84:1 Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 81.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For the choirmaster	לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ	lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H5329 be pre-eminent, enduring
According to	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Gittith	הַגִּתִּ֑ית	hag·git·tîṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1665 Gittite harp
A Psalm	מִזְמֽוֹר׃	miz·mō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H4210 melody
of the sons	לִבְנֵי־	liḇ·nê-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Korah	קֹ֥רַח	qō·raḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7141 Korach
How	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
lovely	יְּדִיד֥וֹת	yə·ḏî·ḏō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H3039 beloved
is Your dwelling place	מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ	miš·kə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
O LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָאֽוֹת׃	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My soul	נַפְשִׁי֮	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
longs	נִכְסְפָ֬ה	niḵ·sə·p̄āh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3700 long
even	וְגַם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
faints	כָּלְתָ֨ה׀	kā·lə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
for the courts	לְחַצְר֪וֹת	lə·ḥaṣ·rō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H2691 enclosure, court
of the LORD	יְה֫וָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
my heart	לִבִּ֥י	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and my flesh	וּבְשָׂרִ֑י	ū·ḇə·śā·rî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1320 flesh
cry out	יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ	yə·ran·nə·nū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7442 give a ringing cry
for	אֶ֣ל	’el	Preposition	H413 motion to
the living	חָֽי׃	ḥāy	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
God	אֵֽל־	’êl-	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Even	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
the sparrow	צִפּ֨וֹר׀	ṣip·pō·wr	Noun - common singular	H6833 bird
has found	מָ֪צְאָה	mā·ṣə·’āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H4672 attain to, find
a home	בַ֡יִת	ḇa·yiṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
and the swallow	וּדְר֤וֹר׀	ū·ḏə·rō·wr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1866 swallow
a nest	קֵ֥ן	qên	Noun - masculine singular	H7064 nest
for herself	לָהּ֮	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
where	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
she places	שָׁ֪תָה	šā·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7896 put, set
her young	אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָ	’ep̄·rō·ḥe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H667 young one
near Your altars	מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ	miz·bə·ḥō·w·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4196 altar
O LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֑וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
my King	מַ֝לְכִּ֗י	mal·kî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H4428 king
and my God	וֵאלֹהָֽי׃	wê·lō·hāy	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 84:1 Psalm 27:4 · Psalm 43:3 · Psalm 36:8 · Psalm 122:1 · Psalm 132:5 · Psalm 8:1 · Revelation 21:22–23 · Nehemiah 9:6 · Revelation 21:2–3 · Hebrews 9:23–24 · Isaiah 6:2–3

Psalm 84:2 Isaiah 26:9 · Psalm 42:1–2 · Psalm 119:81 · Psalm 63:1–2 · Psalm 73:26 · Psalm 143:6 · Psalm 119:20 · Song of Solomon 5:8 · Song of Solomon 2:4–5 · Job 23:3 · Isaiah 64:1

Psalm 84:3 Psalm 91:1 · Psalm 90:1 · Matthew 8:20 · Psalm 43:4 · Psalm 116:7 · Psalm 5:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.