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1 For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of the sons of Korach: How deeply loved are your dwelling-places, ADONAI-Tzva'ot!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, yes, faints with longing for the courtyards of ADONAI; my heart and body cry for joy to 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 As the sparrow finds herself a home and the swallow her nest, where she lays her young, [so my resting-place is] by your altars, ADONAI-Tzva'ot, 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 How happy are those who live in your house; they never cease to praise you! (Selah)
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 How happy the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are [pilgrim] highways.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 Passing through the [dry] Baka Valley, they make it a place of springs, and the early rain clothes it with blessings.
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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 to strength and appear before God in Tziyon.
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They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 ADONAI, God of armies, hear my prayer; listen, God of Ya'akov. (Selah)
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Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 God, see our shield [the king]; look at the face of your anointed.
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Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better a day in your courtyards than a thousand [days elsewhere]. Better just standing at the door of my God's house than living in the tents of the wicked.
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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 ADONAI, God, is a sun and a shield; ADONAI bestows favor and honor; he will not withhold anything good from those whose lives are pure.
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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 ADONAI-Tzva'ot, how happy is anyone who trusts in you!
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LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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