Refrain:
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts.

1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, (omit phrases b and c)
O Lord of hosts.

2 My soul longs, indeed it faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
to the living God. (Refrain)

3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
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where she may lay her young,
at Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God. (Refrain)
4 Happy are those who live in Your house,
ever singing Your praise.
5 Happy are those whose strength is in You,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion. (Refrain)

6 As they go through the valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion. (Refrain)

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob.
9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of Your anointed. (Refrain)

10 For a day in Your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness. (Refrain)
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
He bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, (omit phrases b and c)
happy is everyone who trusts in You. (Refrain)