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To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. |
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1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! |
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2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. |
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3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. |
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4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. |
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5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. |
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6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. |
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7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. |
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8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
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9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. |
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10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. |
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12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. |
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