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My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise! Selah
ever singing your praise! Selah
What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises.
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always singing your praises.
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What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion.
each one appears before God in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, O God of Jacob.
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Listen, O God of Jacob.
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Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
look on the face of your anointed!
O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and glory.
The LORD will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right.
He gives us grace and glory.
The LORD will withhold no good thing
from those who do what is right.