1 How lovely is Your dwelling place,O Lord of Hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faintsfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and my body cry outfor the living God.
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a homeand the swallow a nest for herself,where she may lay her young,even at Your altars,O Lord of Hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;they continually praise You. Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,in whose heart are the paths to Zion.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,they makes it a spring;the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;every one of them appears in Zion before God.
8 O Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer,and give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Behold, O God our shield,and look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is betterthan a thousand elsewhere.I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godthan to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;the Lord will give favor and glory,for no good thing will He withholdfrom the one who walks uprightly.
12 O Lord of Hosts,blessed is the man who trusts in You.