¹ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!¹

1. for the sons: or, of the sons

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.¹²

1. Baca…: or, mulberry trees make him a well, etc
2. filleth: Heb. covereth

⁷ They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.¹

1. strength to…: or, company to company

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.¹

1. I had…: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold

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.