Longing for the Temple Worship.

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 How lovely are Your dwelling places,
          O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD;
          My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

3 The 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.

4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
          They are ever praising You.


5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
          In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

6 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring;
          The early rain also covers it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength,
          Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
          Give ear, O God of Jacob!


9 Behold our shield, O God,
          And look upon the face of Your anointed.

10 For 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.

11 For 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.

12 O LORD of hosts,
          How blessed is the man who trusts in You!