---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 84
verse_count: 12
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 84, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 84

*Blessedness of communion with God. T( the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.*

**1** How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
**2** My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
**3** Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
**4** Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising thee. Selah.
**5** Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
**6** Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
**7** They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
**8** O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
**9** Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
**10** For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
**11** For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
**12** O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.