Better Than This
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! 2 My
soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my
heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the
sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where
she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King
and my God. 4 Happy are those who live in your house, ever
singing your praise. (Selah) 5 Happy are those whose strength
is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6 As they
go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools. 7 They go from
strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of
Jacob! (Selah) 9 Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of
your anointed. 10 For a day in your courts is better than a
thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house
of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord
God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good
thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12
O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.