1 | How lovely is thy dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! |
2 | My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. |
3 | Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. |
4 | Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah] |
5 | Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. |
6 | As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. |
7 | They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion. |
8 | O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah] |
9 | Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed! |
10 | For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. 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; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly. |
12 | O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee! |
1 | LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob. |
2 | Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah] |
3 | Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; thou didst turn from thy hot anger. |
4 | Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us! |
5 | Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations? |
6 | Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? |
7 | Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. |
8 | Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. |
9 | Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. |
10 | Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. |
11 | Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. |
12 | Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. |
13 | Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way. |