May 27, 2019
1 How lovely is your dwelling
place,
Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, 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 have her young—
a place near your altar,
Lord Almighty, my King and my
God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your
house;
they are ever praising you.[c]
5 Blessed are those
whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on
pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of
Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with
pools.[d]
7 They go from strength to
strength,
till each appears before God in
Zion.
8 Hear my
prayer, Lord God
Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob.
9 Look on our shield,[e] O
God;
look with favor on your anointed
one.
10 Better is one
day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in
the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the
wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and
shield;
the Lord bestows favor and
honor;
no good thing does he
withhold
from those whose walk is
blameless.
12 Lord Almighty,
blessed is the one who trusts in
you.