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New Revised Standard NRS
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for 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 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and 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 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. (Selah)
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
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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, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
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They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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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 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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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 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.
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