The Sounds of Thanksgiving Part 4

For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

Psalm 84

¹ How lovely is your dwelling place,

Lord Almighty!

² My soul yearns, even faints,

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and my flesh cry out

for the living God.

³ Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may have her young—

A place near your altar,

Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

⁴ Blessed are those who dwell in your house;

they are ever praising you.

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baka,

they make it a place of springs;

the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

⁷ They go from strength to strength,

till each appears before God in Zion.

⁸ Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty;

listen to me, God of Jacob.

⁹ Look on our shield, O God;

look with favor on your anointed one.

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts

than a thousand elsewhere;

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the

house of my God

than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹¹ For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor;

no good thing does he withhold

from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² Lord Almighty,

blessed is the one who trusts in you.

This season you may be painfully aware of people you miss or things you lack. But, according to our Savior, we have all that we need to be satisfied—Himself. Take some time to read and reflect on Psalm 84. What aspect of this Psalm speaks most powerfully to you? Turn that portion of Scripture into your heartfelt prayer to the Lord.

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