Longing for the Temple Worship.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lordof hosts!
2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your altars, O Lordof hosts,
My King and my God.
4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ever praising You. Selah.
5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highwaysto Zion!
6 Passing through the valley ofBaca they make it a spring;
The early rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength,
Every one of themappears before God in Zion.
8 O LordGod of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.
9 Behold our shield, O God,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousandoutside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LordGod is a sun and shield;
The Lordgives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
12 O Lordof hosts,
How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
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