Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
1 How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 How I want to be there! I long to be in the Lord's Temple. With my whole being I sing 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 Even the sparrows have built a nest, and the swallows have their own home; they keep their young near your altars, Lord Almighty, 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 Temple, always singing praise to you.
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 How happy are those whose strength comes from you, who are eager to make the pilgrimage to Mount Zion.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the dry valley of Baca, it becomes a place of springs; the autumn rain fills it with pools.
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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 grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.
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They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty. Listen, O God of Jacob!
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Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Bless our king, O God, the king you have chosen.
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Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes 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 The Lord is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.
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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 Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you!
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LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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