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. [^1]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. [^2]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, "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.
1 In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus. 2 [Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam ;avertisti captivitatem Jacob.3 Remisisti iniquitatem plebis tu ;operuisti omnia peccata eorum.4 Mitigasti omnem iram tuam ;avertisti ab ira indignationis tu.5 Converte nos, Deus salutaris noster,et averte iram tuam a nobis.6 Numquid in ternum irasceris nobis ?aut extendes iram tuam a generatione in generationem ?7 Deus, tu conversus vivificabis nos,et plebs tua ltabitur in te.8 Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam,et salutare tuum da nobis.9 Audiam quid loquatur in me Dominus Deus,quoniam loquetur pacem in plebem suam,et super sanctos suos,et in eos qui convertuntur ad cor.10 Verumtamen prope timentes eum salutare ipsius,ut inhabitet gloria in terra nostra.11 Misericordia et veritas obviaverunt sibi ;justitia et pax osculat sunt.12 Veritas de terra orta est,et justitia de clo prospexit.13 Etenim Dominus dabit benignitatem,et terra nostra dabit fructum suum.14 Justitia ante eum ambulabit,et ponet in via gressus suos.]