34 lines
1.4 KiB
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34 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 84
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1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
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O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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2 I long, yes, I faint with longing
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to enter the courts of the Lord.
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With my whole being, body and soul,
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I will shout joyfully to the living God.
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3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
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and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
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at a place near your altar,
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O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
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4 What joy for those who can live in your house,
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always singing your praises. Interlude
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5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
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who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
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it will become a place of refreshing springs.
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The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
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7 They will continue to grow stronger,
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and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
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8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.
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Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
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9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
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Show favor to the one you have anointed.
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10 A single day in your courts
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is better than a thousand anywhere else!
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I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
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than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
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11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.
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He gives us grace and glory.
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The Lord will withhold no good thing
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from those who do what is right.
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12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
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what joy for those who trust in you. |