1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of the Korahites.
2 How lovely your dwelling,O Lord of hosts!
3 My soul yearns and pinesfor the courts of the Lord.My heart and flesh cry outfor the living God.
4 As the sparrow finds a homeand the swallow a nest to settle her young,My home is by your altars,Lord of hosts, my king and my God!
5 Blessed are those who dwell in your house!They never cease to praise you.Selah
6 Blessed the man who finds refuge in you,in their hearts are pilgrim roads.
7 As they pass through the Baca valley,they find spring water to drink.The early rain covers it with blessings.
8 They will go from strength to strengthand see the God of gods on Zion.
9 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;listen, God of Jacob.Selah
10 O God, watch over our shield;look upon the face of your anointed.
11 Better one day in your courtsthan a thousand elsewhere.Better the threshold of the house of my Godthan a home in the tents of the wicked.
12 For a sun and shield is the Lord God,bestowing all grace and glory.The Lord withholds no good thingfrom those who walk without reproach.
13 O Lord of hosts,blessed the man who trusts in you!