1 The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God To the Chief Musician. Ps. 8:title On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How Ps. 27:4; 46:4, 5 lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts!
2 Ps. 42:1, 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord ; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young— Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your (Ps. 65:4) house; They will still be praising You. Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley 2 Sam. 5:22–25 of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go Prov. 4:18; Is. 40:31; John 1:16;2 Cor. 3:18 from strength to strength; Each one Ex. 34:23; Deut. 16:16 appears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 Gen. 15:1 O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is Is. 60:19, 20; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 21:23 a sun and Gen. 15:1 shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; Ps. 34:9, 10 No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts, (Ps. 2:12; 40:4) Blessed is the man who trusts in You!