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¹ How ^(c)lovely is your ^(d)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
² My soul ^(e)longs, yes, ^(f)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(g)the living God.

³ Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    ^(h)my King and my God.
^4 (i)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(j)singing your praise! Selah

⁵ Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    ^(k)in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[b]
6 As they go through the Valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    ^(l)the early rain also covers it with ^(m)pools.
⁷ They go ⁽ⁿ⁾from strength to strength;
    each one ^(o)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O ^(p)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
    give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
^9 (q)Behold our ^(r)shield, O God;
    look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰ For a day ^(s)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(t)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(u)a sun and ^(v)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(w)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(x)walk uprightly.
¹² O Lord of hosts,
    ^(y)blessed is the one who trusts in you!