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1 <<For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Hosts!
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How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, Near your altars, Yahweh of Hosts, My King, and my God.
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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.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
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Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
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Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
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As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
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Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.
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Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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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.
11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
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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.
12 Yahweh of Hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in you.
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LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
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