Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,
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My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 (Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.
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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, LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.
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As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
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Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
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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.
11 For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
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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.
12 Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.
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LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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