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1. For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL!
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Gittith H1665 , A Psalm H4210 for the sons H1121 of Korah H7141 . How H4100 amiable H3039 are thy tabernacles H4908 , O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 !
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2. I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
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2. My soul H5315 longeth H3700 , yea even H1571 fainteth H3615 for the courts H2691 of the LORD H3068 : my heart H3820 and my flesh H1320 crieth out H7442 for H413 the living H2416 God H410 .
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3. Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL, my king and my God.
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3. Yea H1571 , the sparrow H6833 hath found H4672 a house H1004 , and the swallow H1866 a nest H7064 for herself, where H834 she may lay H7896 her young H667 , even H853 thine altars H4196 , O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , my King H4428 , and my God H430 .
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4. How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)
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4. Blessed H835 are they that dwell H3427 in thy house H1004 : they will be still H5750 praising H1984 thee. Selah H5542 .
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5. How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
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5. Blessed H835 is the man H120 whose strength H5797 is in thee ; in whose heart H3824 are the ways H4546 of them .
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6. As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.
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6. Who passing H5674 through the valley H6010 of Baca H1056 make H7896 it a well H4599 ; the rain H4175 also H1571 filleth H5844 the pools H1293 .
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7. They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
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7. They go H1980 from strength H4480 H2428 to H413 strength H2428 , every one of them in Zion H6726 appeareth H7200 before H413 God H430 .
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8. O LORD, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
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8. O LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 , hear H8085 my prayer H8605 : give ear H238 , O God H430 of Jacob H3290 . Selah H5542 .
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9. O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
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9. Behold H7200 , O God H430 our shield H4043 , and look upon H5027 the face H6440 of thine anointed H4899 .
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10. Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
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10. For H3588 a day H3117 in thy courts H2691 is better H2896 than a thousand H4480 H505 . I had rather H977 be a doorkeeper H5605 in the house H1004 of my God H430 , than to dwell H4480 H1752 in the tents H168 of wickedness H7562 .
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11. For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
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11. For H3588 the LORD H3068 God H430 is a sun H8121 and shield H4043 : the LORD H3068 will give H5414 grace H2580 and glory H3519 : no H3808 good H2896 thing will he withhold H4513 from them that walk H1980 uprightly H8549 .
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12. O LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL, how blessed are those who trust in you!
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12. O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , blessed H835 is the man H120 that trusteth H982 in thee.
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