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1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD of heavenly forces!
2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD . With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to 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 finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, 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 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude
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Those who live in your house are truly happy; they praise you constantly. Selah
5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Those who put their strength in you are truly happy; pilgrimage is in their hearts.
6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
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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 will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
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They go from strength to strength, until they see the supreme God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
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LORD God of heavenly forces, hear my prayer; listen closely, Jacob's God! Selah
9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
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Look at our shield, God; pay close attention to the face of your anointed one!
10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes 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 our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
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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 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
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LORD of heavenly forces, those who trust in you are truly happy!
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