1. For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of the Korahites.
2. How lovely your dwelling,O Lord of hosts!
3. My soul yearns and pinesfor the courts of the Lord.My heart and flesh cry outfor the living God.
4. As the sparrow finds a homeand the swallow a nest to settle her young,My home is by your altars,Lord of hosts, my king and my God!
5. Blessed are those who dwell in your house!They never cease to praise you.Selah
6. Blessed the man who finds refuge in you,in their hearts are pilgrim roads.
7. As they pass through the Baca valley,they find spring water to drink.The early rain covers it with blessings.
8. They will go from strength to strengthand see the God of gods on Zion.
9. Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;listen, God of Jacob.Selah
10. O God, watch over our shield;look upon the face of your anointed.
11. Better one day in your courtsthan a thousand elsewhere.Better the threshold of the house of my Godthan a home in the tents of the wicked.
12. For a sun and shield is the Lord God,bestowing all grace and glory.The Lord withholds no good thingfrom those who walk without reproach.
13. O Lord of hosts,blessed the man who trusts in you!