Psalm
84 Prayed
The Hope of Heaven with Jesus
How lovely is your dwelling
place,
O
Lord Jesus Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints,
for
the courts of the Lord Jesus;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for
the living God.
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,
O
Jesus Almighty, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in
your house in
heaven;
they
are ever praising you.
They join the voice of many
angels,
numbering
thousands upon thousands,
and
ten thousand times ten thousand.
They encircle your throne
and
the living creatures and the elders,
and
in a loud voice they sing:
“Worthy is the Lamb, who was
slain,
to
receive power and wealth and wisdom and
strength
and
honour and glory and praise!”
But if I am to go on living in
the body,
let this mean fruitful labour for me.
Yet what shall I choose? I do
not know!
I
am torn between the two:
I desire to depart and be with
you, O Christ,
which
is better by far;
but it is more necessary for
those around me
that I remain in the body.
Convinced of this, I know that
I will remain,
and
I will continue with all of my brothers
and
sisters in Christ
for their progress and joy in the
faith,
So bless me, for my strength is
in you,
I
have set my heart on pilgrimage.
As I pass through valleys of
weeping,
make
it a place of springs;
where
the autumn rains cover it with pools.
Let me go from strength to
strength,
till
I finally appear before you in Zion.
When I come to Mount
Zion,
to
the heavenly Jerusalem,
the
city of the living God.
When I have join the thousands
upon thousands
of
angels in joyful assembly,
and all the church of the firstborn,
whose
names are written in heaven.
When I am with you, O God,
the
judge of all people,
and join the spirits of righteous people made
perfect,
and
finally see Jesus
the
mediator of the new covenant.
For I know that you are the One
who raised
the
Lord Jesus from the dead,
so you will also raise me with
Jesus,
and
present me together with all the saints
in
your presence.
Therefore I will not lose
heart.
Though
outwardly I am wasting away,
yet
inwardly you are renewing me day by day.
For my light and momentary
troubles
are
achieving for me an eternal glory
that
far outweighs them all.
So I will fix my eyes not on
what is seen,
but
on what is unseen.
For what is seen is
temporary,
but
what is unseen is eternal.
Now I know that if the earthly
tent of my body
is
destroyed,
I
have a building from you, O God,
an eternal house in heaven,
not
built by human hands.
Meanwhile I groan,
longing
to be clothed with my heavenly
dwelling,
because
when I am clothed,
I
will not be found naked.
For while I am in this tent,
I
groan and am burdened,
because I do not wish to be unclothed
but
to be clothed with my heavenly dwelling,
so that what is mortal
may
be swallowed up by life.
Hear my prayer, O Lord God
Almighty;
listen
to me, O God of the Church.
Look upon our shield, O God the
Father;
look
with favour on your Son, the Messiah.
Better is one day in your courts
than
a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper
in your house,
O
my God
than
dwell in the tents of the wicked.
For the Lord Jesus is a sun and
shield;
the
Lord Jesus bestows favour and honour;
no good thing does he withhold
from
those whose walk is blameless.
O Lord Jesus Almighty,
blessed
is each one who trusts in you.
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Psalm 84 Prayed
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