New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
1
To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!
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.
2
My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto 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!
3
(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.
4 What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude
4
O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah.
5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
5
O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart.
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.
6
Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.
7 They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
7
They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.
8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
8
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
9
Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
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.
10
For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
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.
11
For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
12 O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
12
Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by
Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.