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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of heavenly forces!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
2 My very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD's courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to the living God!
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My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 Yes, the sparrow too has found a home there; the swallow has found herself a nest where she can lay her young beside your altars, LORD of heavenly forces, my king, my God!
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Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
4 Those who live in your house are truly happy; they praise you constantly. Selah
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Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. (Selah)
5 Those who put their strength in you are truly happy; pilgrimage is in their hearts.
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Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they pass through the Baca Valley, they make it a spring of water. Yes, the early rain covers it with blessings.
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As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, until they see the supreme God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 LORD God of heavenly forces, hear my prayer; listen closely, Jacob's God! Selah
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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
9 Look at our shield, God; pay close attention to the face of your anointed one!
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Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
10 Better is a single day in your courtyards than a thousand days anywhere else! I would prefer to stand outside the entrance of my God's house than live comfortably in the tents of the wicked!
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For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
11 The LORD is a sun and shield; God is favor and glory. The LORD gives—doesn't withhold!—good things to those who walk with integrity.
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For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 LORD of heavenly forces, those who trust in you are truly happy!
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O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.
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