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 Vir die musiekleier; op die Gittiet. Van die kinders van Korag. 'n Psalm.
2 Hoe lieflik is u woninge, o HERE van die leërskare!
3 My siel verlang, ja, smag na die voorhowe van die HERE; my hart en my vlees jubel uit tot die lewende God.
4 Selfs vind die mossie 'n huis en die swaweltjie 'n nes vir haar, waar sy haar kleintjies neerlê, naamlik u altare, HERE van die leërskare, my Koning en my God!
5 Welgeluksalig is hulle wat woon in u huis; hulle prys U gedurig. Sela.
6 Welgeluksalig is die mens wie se sterkte in U is, in wie se hart die gebaande weë is.
7 As hulle deur die Droë Laagte trek, maak hulle dit 'n fonteinland; ook oordek die vroeë reën dit met seëninge.
8 Hulle gaan van krag tot krag; elkeen van hulle sal verskyn voor God in Sion.
9 HERE, God van die leërskare, hoor my gebed; luister tog, o God van Jakob! Sela.
10 o God, ons skild, kyk en aanskou die aangesig van u gesalfde.
11 Want 'n dag in u voorhowe is beter as duisend; ek wil liewer by die drumpel staan in die huis van my God as om te woon in die tente van goddeloosheid.
12 Want die HERE God is 'n son en skild; die HERE sal genade en eer gee; Hy sal die goeie nie onthou aan die wat in opregtheid wandel nie. [ (Psalms 84:13) HERE van die leërskare, welgeluksalig is die mens wat op U vertrou! ]