| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Berean Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! | 1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! |
| 2My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. | 2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
| 3The bird also has found a house, 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. | 3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. |
| 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. | 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah |
| 5How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! | 5Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. |
| 6Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. | 6As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools. |
| 7They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. | 7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. |
| 8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. | 8O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah |
| 9Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. | 9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed. |
| 10For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. | 10For 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. |
| 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. | 11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. |
| 12O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! | 12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You! |
| New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org | This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. |
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