1How amiable are thy tabernacles , O LORD of hosts ! 2My soul longeth , yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God . 3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house , and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young , even thine altars , O LORD of hosts , my King , and my God . 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be still praising thee. Selah .
Blessed are Those Who Dwell in God's House
5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them . 6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also filleth the pools . 7They go from strength to strength , every one of them in Zion appeareth before God .
The Journey to Zion
8O LORD God of hosts , hear my prayer : give ear , O God of Jacob . Selah . 9Behold , O God our shield , and look upon the face of thine anointed .
A Prayer for God's Favor
10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand . I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield : the LORD will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly . 12O LORD of hosts , blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.