Zabur 84

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Qarun1.

1How lovely are your dwellings,
YAHWEH2 All-Powerful!
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 a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
Near your altars, YAHWEH All-Powerful, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your House.
They are always praising you. Selah.

5Blessed are those whose strength is in you;
Who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength.
Every one of them appears before God in Al-Quds3.

8YAHWEH God All-Powerful, hear my prayer.
Listen, God of Yaqub4. Selah.
9Behold, God our shield,
Look at the face of your MASIH.5

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 YAHWEH God is a sun and a shield.
YAHWEH will give grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

12YAHWEH All-Powerful,
Blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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  1. 84:title Qarun, Arabic name derived from the Hebrew name Korah. ↩︎
  2. 84:1 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎
  3. 84:7 Al-Quds, meaning “the Holy (City).” The Hebrew text reads Zion, a synonym for Jerusalem. It originally referred to Mount Zion, one of the hills of Jerusalem. ↩︎
  4. 84:8 Yaqub, or Jacob, derived from the Hebrew name Ya’akov. ↩︎
  5. 84:9 MASIH – an Arabic title equivalent to Messiah (Hebrew) or Christ (Greek), all of which mean Anointed One, that is, God’s Chosen One. In ancient times, divinely-appointed kings, priests and prophets were anointed with oil at their installation ceremony. All of them point ahead to God’s ultimate Anointed One, the Messiah, AL-MASIH. Al-Kitab unanimously points to ‘ISA Ibn Maryam as the only person worthy to bear the title AL-MASIH. He is the one whom God sent into this world to save people from sin, and to usher in God’s Kingdom at his Second Coming. ↩︎