[1] HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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[2] My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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[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.
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[4] Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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[5] Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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[6] Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
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[7] They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
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[8] O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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[9] Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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[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.
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[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.
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[12] O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
