| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! | 1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! |
| 2My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for 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. |
| 3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young-- a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, 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. |
| 4Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. | 4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. |
| 5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. | 5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. |
| 6As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. | 6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. |
| 7They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. | 7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. |
| 8Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. | 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
| 9Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one. | 9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. |
| 10Better 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. | 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 bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. | 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. |
| 12LORD Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you. | 12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. |
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