1How lovely are your dwellings,
2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
7They go from strength to strength.
8LORD, God of Hosts, hear my prayer.
9Behold, God our shield,
10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.
12LORD of Hosts,