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1 How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, near your altars, LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are always praising you. Selah.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose hearts are the highways.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.
8 LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Look upon our shield, God;
look on the face of your anointed.
10 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD gives grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk in integrity.
12 LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!