1To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.[1] A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! (诗8:1; 诗27:4; 诗42:1; 诗43:3; 诗81:1; 诗132:5)2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. (伯19:27; 诗42:1; 诗42:2; 诗63:1; 诗73:26; 诗119:81; 诗143:6)3Even 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. (诗5:2)4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! (诗42:5; 诗42:11; 诗43:5; 诗65:4)5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.[2] (诗122:1)6As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. (结34:26; 珥2:23)7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion. (诗42:2; 箴4:18; 赛40:31; 约1:16; 林后3:18)8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! (诗59:5)9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! (诗3:3; 诗80:14)10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. (代上26:19; 诗84:2)11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. (诗15:2; 诗27:1; 诗34:9; 诗84:9; 诗85:12; 箴2:7; 赛60:19; 玛4:2; 太6:33; 太7:11; 启21:23)12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you! (诗2:12)