54 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
54 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
My Soul Longs for the Courts of the LORD
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# Chapter 84
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1. How lovely is your dwelling place,
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O LORD of hosts!
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2. My soul longs, yes, faints
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for the courts of the LORD;
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my heart and flesh sing for joy
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to the living God.
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3. Even the sparrow finds a home,
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and the swallow a nest for herself,
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where she may lay her young,
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at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
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my King and my God.
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4. Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
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ever singing your praise! Selah
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5. Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
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in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
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6. As they go through the Valley of Baca
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they make it a place of springs;
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the early rain also covers it with pools.
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7. They go from strength to strength;
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each one appears before God in Zion.
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8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
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give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
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9. Behold our shield, O God;
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look on the face of your anointed!
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10. For a day in your courts is better
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than a thousand elsewhere.
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I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
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than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
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the LORD bestows favor and honor.
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No good thing does he withhold
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from those who walk uprightly.
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12. O LORD of hosts,
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blessed is the one who trusts in you!
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