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For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korach [Bald one, Frost]. (See Num 16).
 
How yadid ·lovely· are your dwellings,
Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Adonai .
My heart and my flesh cry out for the Elohim Chayim [Living God].
Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
near your altars, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], my King, and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you;
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength.
Everyone of them appears before God in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].
Adonai , Elohim Tzva'ot [Yahweh, God Commander of heaven’s armies], sh'ma ·hear obey·, my prayer.
Give ear to me, God of Jacob [Supplanter].
Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Adonai God is a sun and a shield.
Adonai will give chen ·grace· and kavod ·weighty glory·.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
12 Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies],
blessed is the man who trusts in you.