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

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

3 E ven 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 H appy are those that dwell in thy house; they shall continually praise thee. Selah.

5 H appy is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are thy ways,

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

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

8 ¶ 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,

10 f or 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 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 LORD of the hosts, happy is the man that trusts in thee.