Happy are those who live in your house,

   ever singing your praise.

          Selah

Happy are those whose strength is in you,

   in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

As they go through the valley of Baca

   they make it a place of springs;

   the early rain also covers it with pools.

They go from strength to strength;

   the God of gods will be seen in Zion.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

   give ear, O God of Jacob!

          Selah

Behold our shield, O God;

   look on the face of your anointed.

For a day in your courts is better

   than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

   than live in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

   he bestows favour and honour.

No good thing does the Lord withhold

   from those who walk uprightly.

O Lord of hosts,

   happy is everyone who trusts in you.   -Psalm 84