1 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O יהוה of hosts! 2 My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ěl. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she has put her young ones – Your slaughter-places, O יהוה of hosts, My Sovereign and my Elohim. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, They are ever praising You. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Your Highways are in their heart. 6 Passing through the valley of weeping, They make it a fountain; The Teacher also covers it with blessings. 7 They go from strength to strength, Appearing before Elohim in Tsiyon. 8 O יהוה Elohim of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ! Selah. 9 O Elohim, see our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed. 10 For a day in Your courts Is better than a thousand days. I have chosen rather to be a doorkeeper In the House of my Elohim, Than to dwell in the tents of the wrong. 11 For יהוה Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה gives favour and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly. 12 O יהוה of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You! |
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