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1 Lord All-Powerful, how lovely is your Temple!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
2 I want more than anything to be in the courtyards of the Lord's Temple. My whole being wants to be with the living God.
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My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 The sparrows have found a home, and the swallows have nests. They raise their young near your altars, Lord All-Powerful, 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 Happy are the people who live at your Temple; they are always praising you. Selah
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah
5 Happy are those whose strength comes from you, who want to travel to Jerusalem.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it like a spring. The autumn rains fill it with pools of water.
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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 The people get stronger as they go, and everyone meets with God in Jerusalem.
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They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
8 Lord God All-Powerful, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to me. Selah
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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 God, look at our shield; be kind to your appointed king.
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Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
10 One day in the courtyards of your Temple is better than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the Temple of my God than live in the homes 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 dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 The Lord God is like a sun and shield; the Lord gives us kindness and honor. He does not hold back anything good from those whose lives are innocent.
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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 who walk uprightly.
12 Lord All-Powerful, happy are the people who trust you!
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O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!