¹How lovely are your dwellings,

LORD of Armies!

²My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD .

My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God .

³Yes , the sparrow has found a home ,

and the swallow a nest for herself , where she may have her young,

near your altars, LORD of Armies, my King, and my God .

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in your house .

They are always praising you . Selah.

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you ,

who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

⁶Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.

Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

⁷They go from strength to strength.

Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

⁸LORD , God of Armies , hear my prayer.

Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

⁹Behold, God our shield,

look at the face of your anointed.

¹⁰For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.

The LORD will give grace and glory.

He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

¹²LORD of Armies ,

blessed is the man who trusts in you .