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Psalms 83
Septuagint (LXX2012) 83 compared with World English Bible 84
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1(84) For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!
2My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god.
2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3Yes, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. Pause.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
5Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
7They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. Pause.
8Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
9Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of your anointed.
9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
10For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.
11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.
12Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.