| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, LORD of Hosts. | 1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies. |
| 2I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God. | 2I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. |
| 3Even a sparrow finds a home, and a swallow, a nest for herself where she places her young-- near Your altars, LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. | 3Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God! |
| 4How happy are those who reside in Your house, who praise You continually. Selah | 4What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. Interlude |
| 5Happy are the people whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. | 5What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. |
| 6As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings. | 6When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. |
| 7They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion. | 7They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem. |
| 8 LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; listen, God of Jacob. Selah | 8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude |
| 9Consider our shield, God; look on the face of Your anointed one. | 9O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed. |
| 10Better a day in Your courts than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be at the door of the house of my God than to live in the tents of wicked people. | 10A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. |
| 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield. The LORD gives grace and glory; He does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity. | 11For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. |
| 12Happy is the person who trusts in You, LORD of Hosts! | 12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you. |
| Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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