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1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
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2 My soul longeth , yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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3 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.
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3 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 LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
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4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. "Selah"
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5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
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6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
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6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
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7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
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7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
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8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear , O God of Jacob. Selah.
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8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. "Selah"
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9 Behold , O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
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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.
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10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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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.
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11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
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12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
