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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh 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 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.
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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 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers 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 go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord 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 Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
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Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 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 dwell in the 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 the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
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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 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
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LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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