1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. How beloved Your dwelling places, YHWH of Hosts! 2 My soul desired, indeed, it has also been consumed, || For the courts of YHWH, || My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God, 3 Even a sparrow has found a house, || And a swallow a nest for herself, || Where she has placed her brood—Your altars, O YHWH of Hosts, || My king and my God. 4 O the blessedness of those inhabiting Your house, || Yet they praise You. Selah. 5 O the blessedness of a man whose strength is in You, || Highways [are] in their heart. 6 Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, || The early rain covers it with pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, || He appears to God in Zion. 8 O YHWH, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, || Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Our shield, see, O God, || And behold the face of Your anointed, 10 For a day in Your courts [is] good, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, || In the house of my God, || Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. 11 For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness. 12 YHWH of Hosts! O the blessedness of a man trusting in You.