1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

2  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living * ElGod.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my ° ElohimGod.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah.

5  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, — they, in whose heart are the highways.

6 Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7  They go from strength to strength: [each one] will appear before ° ElohimGod in Zion.

8 Jehovah, ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God of Jacob. Selah.

9 Behold, O ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10  For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11  For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12  Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!