1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

1 ¶ 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.

2 ¶ My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

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.

3 ¶ Yea, the sparrow hath found her 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.

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

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

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

5 ¶ Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;
In whose heart are the high ways to Zion.

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

6 ¶ Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs;
Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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

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

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

8 ¶ O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:
Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

12 ¶ O Lord of hosts,
Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.