| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET 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! | 1For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD who rules over all! |
| 2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. | 2I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to 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. | 3Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD who rules over all, my king and my God. |
| 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. | 4How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah) |
| 5How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! | 5How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple! |
| 6Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. | 6As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water. |
| 7They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. | 7They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion. |
| 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. | 8O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah) |
| 9Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. | 9O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king! |
| 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. | 10Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked. |
| 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 our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. |
| 12O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! | 12O LORD who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you! |
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