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¹ How lovely are Your ^(a)dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!
² My ^(b)soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^(c)living God.
³ The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your ^(d)altars, O Lord of hosts,
^(e)My King and my God.
⁴ How ^(f)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ^(g)ever praising You. ^[b]Selah.

⁵ How blessed is the man whose ^(h)strength is in You,
In ^[c]whose heart are the ⁽ⁱ⁾highways to Zion!
⁶ Passing through the valley of ^[d]Baca they make it a ^[e]spring;
The ^(j)early rain also covers it with blessings.
⁷ They ^(k)go from strength to strength,
^[f]Every one of them ^(l)appears before God in Zion.

⁸ O ^(m)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O ⁽ⁿ⁾God of Jacob! Selah.
⁹ Behold our ^(o)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of ^(p)Your anointed.
¹⁰ For ^(q)a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(r)a sun and ^(s)shield;
The Lord gives grace and ^(t)glory;
^(u)No good thing does He withhold ^[g]from those who walk ^[h]uprightly.
¹² O Lord of hosts,
How ^(v)blessed is the man who trusts in You!