Psalms

¹ For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty!

² for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³ and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.

⁴ they are ever praising you. Selah

⁵ who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

⁶ they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.

⁷ till each appears before God in Zion.

⁸ listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah

⁹ look with favor on your anointed one.

¹⁰ than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

¹¹ the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

¹² blessed is the man who trusts in you.