¹   How lovely is your dwelling place, 
          O LORD of hosts! 
²   My soul longs, indeed it faints 
          for the courts of the LORD; 
     my heart and my 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 your altars, O LORD of hosts, 
          my King and my God. 
⁴   Happy are those who live in your house, 
          ever singing your praise. Selah

⁵   Happy are those whose strength is in you, 
          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 on the face of your anointed.

¹⁰  For a day in your courts is better 
          than a thousand elsewhere. 
     I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God 
          than live 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, 
          happy is everyone who trusts in you.