1. How beautiful are the places where You live, O Lord of all!
2. My soul wants and even becomes weak from wanting to be in the house of the Lord. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
3. Even the bird has found a home. The swallow has found a nest for herself where she may lay her young at Your altars, O Lord of all, my King and my God.
4. How happy are those who live in Your house! They are always giving thanks to You.
5. How happy is the man whose strength is in You and in whose heart are the roads to Zion!
6. As they pass through the dry valley of Baca, they make it a place of good water. The early rain fills the pools with good also.
7. They go from strength to strength. Every one of them stands before God in Zion.
8. O Lord God of all, hear my prayer. Listen, O God of Jacob.
9. Look upon our safe-covering, O God. And look upon the face of Your chosen one.
10. For a day in Your house is better than a thousand outside. I would rather be the one who opens the door of the house of my God, than to live in the tents of the sinful.
11. For the Lord God is a sun and a safe-covering. The Lord gives favor and honor. He holds back nothing good from those who walk in the way that is right.
12. O Lord of all, how happy is the man who trusts in You!