For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A Psalm.
1
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young - a place near your altar,
O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4
Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Selah
5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7
They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8
Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
9
Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents
of the wicked.
11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12
O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.