1For the leader; on the gittith. Of the Korahites. A psalm.
2How lovely is Your dwelling-place,O GOD of Hosts.
3I long, I yearn for the courts of the ETERNAL One;my body and soul shout for joy to the living God.
4Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herselfin which to set her young,near Your altar, O GOD of Hosts,my monarch and my God.
5Happy are those who dwell in Your house;they forever praise You. Selah.
6Happy are those who find refuge in You,whose mind is on the [pilgrim] highways.
7They pass through the Valley of Baca,regarding it as a place of springs,as if the early rain had covered it with blessing.aregarding it … blessing Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
8They go from rampart to rampart,brampart to rampart In contrast to others “strength to strength.” appearing before God in Zion.
9O ETERNAL God of hosts,hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
10O God, behold our shield,look upon the face of Your anointed.
11Better one day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand at the threshold of God’s housethan dwell in the tents of the wicked.
12For the ETERNAL God is suncsun Or “bulwark,” with Targum; cf. Isa. 54.12. and shield; GOD bestows grace and glory,and does not withhold bounty from those who live without blame.
13O GOD of Hosts,happy is the one who trusts in You.