1 How lovely is Your tabernacle,O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faintsFor the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,And the swallow a nest for herself,Where she may lay her young—Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;They will still be praising You.Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,They make it a spring;The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;Each one appears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;Give ear, O God of Jacob!Selah
9 O God, behold our shield,And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my GodThan dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;The Lord will give grace and glory;No good thing will He withholdFrom those who walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,Blessed is the man who trusts in You!