1 H ow lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts!

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2 M y soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

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

3 T he bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my God.

Yea, 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 H ow blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah.

5 H ow blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

Blessed 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 spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.

Passing 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, Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

They go from strength to strength: will appear before God in Zion.

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

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

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

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

10 F or a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For 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 the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For 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 O Lord of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!