Psalm 83: Love for the Temple. To Obtain a Love for God's House

Psalm 83: Love for the Temple. To Obtain a Love for God’s House.

Devotion of the pilgrims on their journey to the temple of God in Jerusalem. They are filled with a longing for God and a love for his holy house.

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Psalm 83: Prayer Audio in Latin

{83:1} In finem, Pro torcularibus filiis Core, Psalmus.
{83:1} Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.

{83:2} Quam dilecta tabernacula tua Domine virtutum:
{83:2} How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

{83:3} concupiscit, et deficit anima mea in atria Domini: Cor meum, et caro mea exultaverunt in Deum vivum.
{83:3} My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.

{83:4} Etenim passer invenit sibi domum: et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos: altaria tua Domine virtutum: Rex meus, et Deus meus.
{83:4} For even the sparrow has found a home for himself, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young: your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

{83:5} Beati, qui habitant in domo tua Domine: in sæcula sæculorum laudabunt te.
{83:5} Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord. They will praise you from age to age.

{83:6} Beatus vir, cuius est auxilium abs te: ascensiones in corde suo disposuit,
{83:6} Blessed is the man whose help is from you. In his heart, he is disposed to ascend

{83:7} in valle lacrymarum in loco, quem posuit.
{83:7} from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.

{83:8} Etenim benedictionem dabit legislator, ibunt de virtute in virtutem: videbitur Deus deorum in Sion.
{83:8} For even the lawgiver will provide a blessing; they will go from virtue to virtue. The God of gods will be seen in Zion.

{83:9} Domine Deus virtutum exaudi orationem meam: auribus percipe Deus Iacob.
{83:9} O Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Pay attention, O God of Jacob.

{83:10} Protector noster aspice Deus: et respice in faciem Christi tui.
{83:10} O God, gaze upon our protector, and look upon the face of your Christ.

{83:11} Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia. Elegi abiectus esse in domo Dei mei: magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum.
{83:11} For one day in your courts is better than thousands elsewhere. I have chosen to be lowly in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

{83:12} Quia misericordiam, et veritatem diligit Deus: gratiam, et gloriam dabit Dominus.
{83:12} For God loves mercy and truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.

{83:13} Non privabit bonis eos, qui ambulant in innocentia: Domine virtutum, beatus homo, qui sperat in te.
{83:13} He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you.


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