Psalms 84:5-7, 9, 10a.
5Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings. 7They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion. 9Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God and look upon the face of Your anointed! 10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];