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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
1 How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh 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.
2 My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy 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.
3 Even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, near your altars, O Yahweh [of] hosts, my king and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
4 Blessed [are] those who dwell in your house; they can ever praise you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
5 Blessed [is the] man whose strength [is] in you; in their 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.
6 Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The early rain covers [it with] blessings as well.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
7 They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
8 O Yahweh, 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.
9 Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for 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.
10 Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of 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.
11 Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
12 O Yahweh [of] hosts, blessed [is the] man who trusts you.
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