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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
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Lord All-Powerful, how lovely is your Temple!
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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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.
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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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.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
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Happy are the people who live at your Temple; they are always praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
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Happy are those whose strength comes from you, who want to travel to Jerusalem.
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 Valley of Baca, they make it like a spring. The autumn rains fill it with pools of water.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
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The people get stronger as they go, and everyone meets with God in Jerusalem.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
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Lord God All-Powerful, hear my prayer; God of Jacob, listen to me. Selah
9 Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
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God, look at our shield; be kind to your appointed king.
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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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.
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 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.
12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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Lord All-Powerful, happy are the people who trust you!