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¹ Lord All-Powerful,
    how lovely is your Temple!
² I want more than anything
    to be in the courtyards of the Lord's Temple.
My whole being wants
    to be with the living God.
³ The sparrows have found a home,
    and the swallows have nests.
They raise their young near your altars,
    Lord All-Powerful, my King and my God.
⁴ Happy are the people who live at your Temple;
    they are always praising you. Selah

⁵ Happy are those whose strength comes from you,
    who want to travel to Jerusalem.
⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
    they make it like a spring.
    The autumn rains fill it with pools of water.
⁷ The people get stronger as they go,
    and everyone meets with God in Jerusalem.

⁸ Lord God All-Powerful, hear my prayer;
    God of Jacob, listen to me. Selah
⁹ God, look at our shield;
    be kind to your appointed king.

¹⁰ One day in the courtyards of your Temple is better
    than a thousand days anywhere else.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the Temple of my God
    than live in the homes of the wicked.
¹¹ The Lord God is like a sun and shield;
    the Lord gives us kindness and honor.
He does not hold back anything good
    from those whose lives are innocent.
¹² Lord All-Powerful,
    happy are the people who trust you!