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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
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To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is thy dwelling place, O LORD 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 longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; 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.
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Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD 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 those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah]
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
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Blessed are the men 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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As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
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O LORD 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 our shield, O God; 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 elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than 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 the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!
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