1How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. 3Yea, 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. 4Blessed are they who dwell in Thy house; they will be still praising Thee. Selah. 5Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6Who, passing through the valley of Baca, make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9Behold, O God our Shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 10For 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. 11For 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. 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusteth in Thee.