1  (To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.) How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3  Yea, 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.

4  Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5  Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6  Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

7  They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

8  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9  Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10  For 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.

11  For 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.

12  O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.