| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! | 1For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! |
| 2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. | 2My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
| 3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. | 3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young-- a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. |
| 4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah | 4Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. |
| 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. | 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. |
| 6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. | 6As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. |
| 7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion. | 7They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. |
| 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah | 8Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. |
| 9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! | 9Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one. |
| 10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. | 10Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
| 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. | 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. |
| 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you! | 12LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
|
    |