KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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.
4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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.
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.
12. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
1. <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!
2. The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
3. The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.
4. Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
5. Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6. Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it a place of springs; it is clothed with blessings by the early rain.
7. They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
8. O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
9. O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
10. For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
11. The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
12. O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.
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