1 To the chief Musician * h5329 h8764 upon Gittith * h1665, A Psalm * h4210 for the sons * h1121 of Korah * h7141. How amiable * h3039 are thy tabernacles * h4908, O LORD * h3068 of hosts * h6635! for the sons: or, of the sons
2 My soul * h5315 longeth * h3700 h8738, yea, even fainteth * h3615 h8804 for the courts * h2691 of the LORD * h3068: my heart * h3820 and my flesh * h1320 crieth out * h7442 h8762 for the living * h2416 God * h410.
3 Yea, the sparrow * h6833 hath found * h4672 h8804 an house * h1004, and the swallow * h1866 a nest * h7064 for herself, where she may lay * h7896 h8804 her young * h667, even thine altars * h4196, O LORD * h3068 of hosts * h6635, my King * h4428, and my God * h430.
4 Blessed * h835 are they that dwell * h3427 h8802 in thy house * h1004: they will be still praising * h1984 h8762 thee. Selah * h5542.
5 Blessed * h835 is the man * h120 whose strength * h5797 is in thee; in whose heart * h3824 are the ways * h4546 of them .
6 Who passing * h5674 h8802 through the valley * h6010 of Baca * h1056 h8676 * h1057 make * h7896 h8799 it a well * h4599; the rain * h4175 also filleth * h5844 h8799 the pools * h1293. Baca...: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc filleth: Heb. covereth
7 They go * h3212 h8799 from strength * h2428 to strength * h2428, every one of them in Zion * h6726 appeareth * h7200 h8735 before God * h430. strength to...: or, company to company
8 O LORD * h3068 God * h430 of hosts * h6635, hear * h8085 h8798 my prayer * h8605: give ear * h238 h8685, O God * h430 of Jacob * h3290. Selah * h5542.
9 Behold * h7200 h8798, O God * h430 our shield * h4043, and look * h5027 h8685 upon the face * h6440 of thine anointed * h4899.
10 For a day * h3117 in thy courts * h2691 is better * h2896 than a thousand * h505. I had rather * h977 h8804 be a doorkeeper * h5605 h8705 in the house * h1004 of my God * h430, than to dwell * h1752 h8800 in the tents * h168 of wickedness * h7562. I had...: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold
11 For the LORD * h3068 God * h430 is a sun * h8121 and shield * h4043: the LORD * h3068 will give * h5414 h8799 grace * h2580 and glory * h3519: no good * h2896 thing will he withhold * h4513 h8799 from them that walk * h1980 h8802 uprightly * h8549.
12 O LORD * h3068 of hosts * h6635, blessed * h835 is the man * h120 that trusteth * h982 h8802 in thee.