For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath.
A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely are your dwellings,
LORD of Armies!
2 My soul longs, and even faints for the
courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young,
near your altars, LORD of Armies, my
King, and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Selah.
5 Blessed are those whose
strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6 Passing through the valley of Weeping,
they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength.
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
8 LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, God of Jacob.
Selah.
9 Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
10 For 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 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.
The LORD will give grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing from
those who walk blamelessly.
12 LORD of Armies,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.
