1 - ?For the director of music. According to gittith.
How lovely is your dwelling place, 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, Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4 - Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 - Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 - As they pass through the Valley of Baka, 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, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 - Look on our shield,
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 - Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.