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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
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<To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!
2 My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
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The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
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The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.
4 Happy are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise. (Selah)
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Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
5 Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
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Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.
7 They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
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O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
9 Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
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O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
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For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
11 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.
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The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
12 O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.
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O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.
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