Sermon: Living in God’s Presence Psalm 84 - Nigel Taylor 2024-04-07

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Nigel speaks on Psalm 84 before opening for discussion before worship.

Psalm 84

 

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the LORD

 

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

 

[1] How lovely is your dwelling place,

O LORD of hosts!

[2] My soul longs, yes, faints

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to the living God.

 

 

[3] Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O LORD of hosts,

my King and my God.

[4] Blessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever singing your praise! Selah

 

 

[5] Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

[6] As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

the early rain also covers it with pools.

[7] They go from strength to strength;

each one appears before God in Zion.

 

 

[8] O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

[9] Behold our shield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!

 

 

[10] 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 dwell in the tents of wickedness.

[11] For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

the LORD bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does he withhold

from those who walk uprightly.

[12] O LORD of hosts,

blessed is the one who trusts in you! (ESV)