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