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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
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How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
2 My soul yearns, 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 longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
3 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.
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Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
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Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. [Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
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Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
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Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
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O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah
9 Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
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Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 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.
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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.
11 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.
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For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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