1 How lovely are your dwellings,

2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD.

3 Yes, the sparrow has found a home,

4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house.

5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.

7 They go from strength to strength.

8 LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer.

9 Behold, God our shield,

10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.

12 LORD of Armies,