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How lovely are Your ^(C1)dwelling places, LORD of armies!

My ^(C1)soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the ^(C2)living God.

The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may put her young: Your ^(C1)altars, LORD of armies, ^(C2)My King and my God.

^(C1)Blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ^(C2)ever praising You. Selah

Blessed is the person whose ^(C1)strength is in You, In ^(F1)whose heart are the ^(C2)roads to Zion!

Passing through the Valley of ^(F1)Baca they make it a ^(F2)spring; The ^(C1)early rain also covers it with blessings.

They ^(C1)go from strength to strength, ^(F1)Every one of them ^(C2)appears before God in Zion.

^(C1)LORD God of armies, hear my prayer; Listen, ^(C2)God of Jacob! Selah

See our ^(C1)shield, God, And look at the face of ^(C2)Your anointed.

For ^(C1)a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than live in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is ^(C1)a sun and ^(C2)shield; The LORD gives grace and ^(C3)glory; ^(C4)He withholds no good thing ^(F1)from those who walk with integrity.

LORD of armies, ^(C1)Blessed is the person who trusts in You!

Lord, You have been our ^(F1)(C1)dwelling place in all generations.

Before ^(C1)the mountains were born ^(F1)Or You ^(C2)gave birth to the earth and the world, Even ^(C3)from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

You ^(C1)turn mortals back into dust And say, "Return, you sons of mankind."

For ^(C1)a thousand years in Your sight Are like ^(C2)yesterday when it passes by, ^(F1)Or like a ^(C3)watch in the night.

You ^(C1)have ^(F1)swept them away like a flood, they ^(F2)(C2)fall asleep; In the morning they are like ^(C3)grass that ^(F3)sprouts anew.

In the morning it ^(C1)flourishes and ^(F1)sprouts anew; Toward evening it ^(C2)wilts and ^(C3)withers away.

For we have been ^(C1)consumed by Your anger, And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

You have ^(C1)placed our guilty deeds before You, Our ^(C2)hidden sins in the light of Your presence.

For ^(C1)all our days have dwindled away in Your fury; We have finished our years like a ^(F1)sigh.

As for the days of our ^(F1)life, ^(F2)they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, ^(C1)eighty years, Yet their pride is only ^(C2)trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we ^(C3)disappear.

Who ^(F1)understands the ^(C1)power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the ^(C2)fear ^(F2)that is due You?

So ^(C1)teach us to number our days, That we may ^(F1)(C2)present to You a heart of wisdom.

Do ^(C1)return, LORD; ^(C2)how long will it be? And ^(F1)be ^(C3)sorry for Your servants.

^(C1)Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness, That we may ^(C2)sing for joy and rejoice all our days.

^(C1)Make us glad ^(F1)according to the days You have afflicted us, And the ^(C2)years we have seen ^(F2)evil.

Let Your ^(C1)work appear to Your servants And Your ^(C2)majesty ^(F1)to their children.

May the ^(C1)kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And ^(F1)(C2)confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, ^(F1)confirm the work of our hands.

One who dwells in the ^(C1)shelter of the Most High Will lodge in the ^(C2)shadow of the Almighty.

I will say to the LORD, "My ^(C1)refuge and my ^(C2)fortress, My God, in whom I ^(C3)trust!"

For it is He who rescues you from the ^(C1)net of the trapper And from the deadly ^(C2)plague.

He will ^(C1)cover you with His pinions, And ^(C2)under His wings you may take refuge; His ^(C3)faithfulness is a ^(C4)shield and wall.

You ^(C1)will not be afraid of the ^(C2)terror by night, Or of the ^(C3)arrow that flies by day;

Of the ^(C1)plague that ^(F1)stalks in darkness, Or of the ^(C2)destruction that devastates at noon.

A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But ^(C1)it shall not approach you.

You will only look on with your eyes And ^(C1)see the retaliation against the wicked.

^(F1)For you have made the LORD, ^(C1)my refuge, The Most High, ^(C2)your dwelling place.

^(C1)No evil will happen to you, Nor will any plague come near your ^(F1)tent.

For He will give ^(C1)His angels orders concerning you, To protect you in all your ways.

On their hands they will ^(C1)lift you up, So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.

You will ^(C1)walk upon the lion and cobra, You will trample the young lion and the ^(F1)serpent.

"^(C1)Because he has loved Me, I will save him; I will ^(C2)set him securely on high, because he has ^(C3)known My name.

-"He will ^(C1)call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in ^(F1)trouble; I will rescue him and ^(C2)honor him.

-"I will satisfy him with ^(F1)a ^(C1)long life, And ^(F2)(C2)show him My salvation."