1 Lord who rules over all, how lovely is the place where you live!
2 I long to be in the courtyards of the Lord's temple. I deeply long to be there. My whole being cries out for the living God.
3 Lord who rules over all, even the sparrow has found a home near your altar. My King and my God, the swallow also has a nest there, where she may have her young.
4 Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength comes from you. They have decided to travel to your temple.
6 As they pass through the dry Valley of Baca, they make it a place where water flows. The rain in the fall covers it with pools.
7 Those people get stronger as they go along, until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.