1How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O L of hosts!
2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the L;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your altars, O L of hosts,
My King and my God.
4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ever praising You.
Selah.
5How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highwaysto Zion!
6Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring;
The early rain also covers it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8O L God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah.
9Behold our shield, O God,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousandoutside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For the L God is a sun and shield;
The L gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12O L of hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
