Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<For the Chief Musician. On the gittit. A Psalm by the sons of Korach.>> How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Hosts!
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To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!
2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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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,
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, Near your altars, LORD of Hosts, My King, and my God.
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(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.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
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O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
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O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart.
6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
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Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.
7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Tziyon.
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They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.
8 LORD, God Tzva'ot, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Ya`akov. Selah.
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O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.
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Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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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.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. The LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
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For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
12 LORD of Hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.
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