Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 (83-1) <Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.> (83-2) How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
2 (83-3) my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
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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.
3 (83-4) For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
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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!
4 (83-5) Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.
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What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude
5 (83-6) Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,
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What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
6 (83-7) In the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.
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When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
7 (83-8) For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
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They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
8 (83-9) O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
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O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
9 (83-10) Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.
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O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
10 (83-11) For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
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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.
11 (83-12) For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
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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.
12 (83-13) He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
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