84 - Quam dilecta!

1  How lovely are your dwellings, *
O Lord God of hosts!
2  My soul has a desire and longing to enter into the courts
  of the Lord; *
my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
3  Indeed, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow
  a nest where she may lay her young, *
even your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
4  Blessed are they who dwell in your house; *
they will be always praising you.
5  Blessed is the one whose strength is in you, *
in whose heart are your ways,
6  Who going through the valley of misery uses it for a well; *
indeed, the early rains fill the pools with water.
7  They will go from strength to strength, *
and the God of gods shall be seen by them in Zion.
8  O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; *
hearken, O God of Jacob.
9  Behold, O God, our defender, *
and look upon the face of your Anointed.

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10  For one day in your courts *
is better than a thousand;
11  I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God *
than dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
12  For the Lord God is a light and defense; *
the Lord will give grace and honor, and no good thing
shall he withhold from those who live a godly life.
13  O Lord God of hosts, *
blessed is the one who puts his trust in you.