1 H ow amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

¶ How amiable are thy habitations, O LORD of the hosts!

2 M y soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.

3 Y ea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

Even the sparrow has found a house and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young upon thine altars, O LORD of the hosts, my King and my God.

4 B lessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah

Happy are those that dwell in thy house; they shall continually praise thee. Selah.

5 B lessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Happy is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are thy ways,

6 P assing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

who passing through the valley of Baca, shall make it a well; the rain also shall fill the pools.

7 T hey go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

They go forth in a great multitude; and in order, they shall see God in Zion.

8 O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

¶ O LORD God of the hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9 B ehold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

Behold, O God our shield and look upon the face of thine anointed,

10 F or 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.

for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand outside of them. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 F or Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly.

12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

O LORD of the hosts, happy is the man that trusts in thee.