[1] How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! [2] My soul longs, yes, even faints For 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 God Than 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 withhold From those who walk uprightly. [12] O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
