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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of heavenly forces!
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 very being longs, even yearns, for the LORD's courtyards. My heart and my body will rejoice out loud to 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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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!
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
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Those who live in your house are truly happy; they praise you constantly. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
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Those who put their strength in you are truly happy; pilgrimage is in their hearts.
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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As they pass through the Baca Valley, they make it a spring of water. Yes, the early rain covers 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, until they see the supreme God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
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LORD God of heavenly forces, hear my prayer; listen closely, Jacob's God! Selah
9 Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
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Look at our shield, God; pay close attention to the face of your anointed one!
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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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!
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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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.
12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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LORD of heavenly forces, those who trust in you are truly happy!
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