| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of the Heavenly Armies. | 1For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! |
| 2I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God. | 2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. |
| 3Even the sparrow found a house for herself and the swallow a nest to lay her young at your altar, LORD of the Heavenly Armies, my king and God. | 3The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God. |
| 4How happy are those who live in your Temple, for they can praise you continuously. Interlude | 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. |
| 5How happy are those whose strength is in you, whose heart is on your path. | 5How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! |
| 6They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings. | 6Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. |
| 7They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion. | 7They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. |
| 8LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, hear my prayer! Listen, God of Jacob! Interlude | 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. |
| 9God, look at our shield, and show favor to your anointed, | 9Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. |
| 10for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness. | 10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
| 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly. | 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. |
| 12LORD of Heavenly Armies, how happy are those who trust in you. | 12O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! |
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