1 H ow lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies!

2 M y soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

3 Y es, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.

4 B lessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.

5 B lessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.

6 P assing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.

7 T hey go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

8 Y ahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.

9 B ehold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

10 F or a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 F or Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

12 Y ahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.