1 1 1 For the director of music. According to gittith.[a] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, 1 O Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, 2 for the courts of the Lord; 2 my heart and my flesh cry out 2 for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, 3 and the swallow a nest for herself, 3 where she may have her young— 3 a place near your altar, 3 O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; 4 they are ever praising you.Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, 5 who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, 6 they make it a place of springs; 6 the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[b]
7 They go from strength to strength, 7 till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty; 8 listen to me, O God of Jacob.Selah
9 Look upon our shield,[c] O God; 9 look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts 10 than a thousand elsewhere; 10 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God 10 than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; 11 the Lord bestows favor and honor; 11 no good thing does he withhold 11 from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O Lord Almighty, 12 blessed is the man who trusts in you.
