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Psalms 84:3

Psalms 84:3 is verse 3 of Psalms chapter 84, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

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King James Version

Yea, the sparrow hath found an 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.

World English Bible

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

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Psalms 84:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

2 My soul longs, 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 places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

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Hebrew words

גַּםalso צִפּ֨וֹרa bird מָ֪צְאָהit has found בַ֡יִתa home וּדְר֤וֹרand a swallow קֵ֥ןa nest לָהּ֮for itself אֲשֶׁרwhich שָׁ֪תָהit has put אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָyoung ones its אֶֽתwith מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶיךָaltars your יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh צְבָא֑וֹתof hosts מַ֝לְכִּ֗יking my וֵאלֹהָֽיand God my

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 90:1
Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

Psalms 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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