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For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! |
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My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
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Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. |
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How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah |
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Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. |
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As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools. |
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They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. |
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O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah |
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Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed. |
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For better 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. |
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For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. |
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O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You! |
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