| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! | 1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! |
| 2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. | 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living 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. | 3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. |
| 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. | 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. |
| 5How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! | 5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. |
| 6Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. | 6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. |
| 7They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. | 7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. |
| 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. | 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
| 9Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. | 9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. |
| 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. | 10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
| 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. | 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. |
| 12O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! | 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. |
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