1. 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 outfor 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, O God;look with favour on your anointed one.
10. Better is one day in your courtsthan a thousand elsewhere;I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield;the Lord bestows favour and honour;no good thing does he withholdfrom those whose way of life is blameless.
12. Lord Almighty,blessed is the one who trusts in you.