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

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

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

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

5 B lessed is the man whose strength is in thee,—they, in whose heart are the highways.

6 P assing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 T hey go from strength to strength: will appear before God in Zion.

8 J ehovah, God of 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.

10 F or a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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

12 J ehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!