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My soul has longed and even fainted for the courts of Yahweh;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Even the bird has found a home,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,At Your altars, O Yahweh of hosts,My King and my God.

For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my GodThan dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For Yahweh God is a sun and shield;Yahweh gives grace and glory;No good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly.

Let me hear what the God, Yahweh, will speak;For He will speak peace to His people, to His holy ones;But let them not turn back to folly.

Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me;For I am afflicted and needy.

Keep my soul, for I am a holy one;O You my God, save Your slave who trusts in You.

Be gracious to me, O Lord,For to You I call all day long.

Make glad the soul of Your slave,For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving,And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

In the day of my distress I shall call upon You,For You will answer me.

For You are great and do wondrous deeds;You alone are God.

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,And You have delivered my soul from Sheol below.

Show me a sign for good,That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,Because You, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

For my soul has been saturated with calamities,And my life has reached Sheol.

Will You do wonders for the dead?Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out to You for help,And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever;In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness."

For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh?Who among the sons of the mighty is like Yahweh,

For You are the beauty of their strength,And by Your favor our horn is exalted.