1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

<>How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

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

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5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

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6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

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7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

<>They go from strength to strength, <>every one of them … appeareth before God

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

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9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

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10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

<>the LORD God is a sun, <>no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly

12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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