Comment – Psalm 84 is nothing more than a celebration of the pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem, with particular reference to the first rain that coincides with the autumn festival of the Huts, a period in which, after the summer dryness, the vegetation in the areas resumed desert.
Psalm 84 complete
[1] To the choir master. On "I torchi ...". Of Core's children. Psalm.
[2] How lovable your dwellings are, Lord of hosts!
[3] My soul languishes and craves the atria of the Lord. My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
[4] The sparrow also finds the house, the swallow the nest, where to place his little ones, near your altars, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
[5] Blessed are those who live in your home: always sing your praises!
[6] Blessed is he who finds his strength in you and decides the holy journey in his heart.
[7] Passing through the valley of tears, it changes it into a spring, even the first rain cloaks it with blessings.
[8] His vigor grows along the way, until he appears before God in Zion.
[9] Lord, God of hosts, listen to my prayer, put your ear, God of Jacob.
[10] See, God, our shield, look at the face of your consecrated person.
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[11] For me, one day in your halls is more than a thousand elsewhere, standing on the threshold of the house of my God is better than living in the tents of the wicked.
[12] For sun and shield is the Lord God; the Lord grants grace and glory, he does not refuse good to those who walk righteously.
[13] Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
