1Ein Psalm der Korachiter, vorzusingen, auf der Gittit. (1Chr 26,1)2Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, HERR Zebaoth!3Meine Seele verlangt und sehnt sich nach den Vorhöfen des HERRN; mein Leib und Seele freuen sich in dem lebendigen Gott. (Ps 42,3)4Der Vogel hat ein Haus gefunden und die Schwalbe ein Nest für ihre Jungen – deine Altäre, HERR Zebaoth, mein König und mein Gott.5Wohl denen, die in deinem Hause wohnen; die loben dich immerdar. Sela. (Ps 65,5)6Wohl den Menschen, die dich für ihre Stärke halten und von Herzen dir nachwandeln!7Wenn sie durchs dürre Tal ziehen, / wird es ihnen zum Quellgrund, und Frühregen hüllt es in Segen.8Sie gehen von einer Kraft zur andern und schauen den wahren Gott in Zion.9HERR, Gott Zebaoth, höre mein Gebet; vernimm es, Gott Jakobs! Sela.10Gott, unser Schild, schaue doch; sieh an das Antlitz deines Gesalbten!11Denn ein Tag in deinen Vorhöfen ist besser als sonst tausend. Ich will lieber die Tür hüten in meines Gottes Hause als wohnen in den Zelten der Frevler. (Ps 27,4)12Denn Gott der HERR ist Sonne und Schild; / der HERR gibt Gnade und Ehre. Er wird kein Gutes mangeln lassen den Frommen.13HERR Zebaoth, wohl dem Menschen, der sich auf dich verlässt!
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1LORD who rules over all, how lovely is the place where you live!2I can’t wait to be in the courtyards of the LORD’s temple. I really want to be there. My whole being cries out for the living God.3LORD who rules over all, even the sparrow has found a home near your altar. My King and my God, the swallow also has a nest there, where she may have her young.4Blessed are those who live in your house. They are always praising you.5Blessed are those whose strength comes from you. They have firmly decided to travel to your temple.6As they pass through the dry Valley of Baka, they make it a place where water flows. The rain in the fall covers it with pools.7Those people get stronger as they go along, until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.8LORD God who rules over all, hear my prayer. God of the people of Jacob, listen to me.9God, may you be pleased with your anointed king. You appointed him to be like a shield that keeps us safe.10A single day in your courtyards is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather guard the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of sinful people.11The LORD God is like the sun that gives us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The LORD blesses us with favour and honour. He doesn’t hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame.12LORD who rules over all, blessed is the person who trusts in you.
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts![1] (Ps 27,4; Ps 43,3; Ps 132,5)2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. (Hi 19,27; Ps 42,1; Ps 42,2; Ps 63,1; Ps 73,26; Ps 119,81; Ps 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. (Ps 5,2)4Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise! Selah (Ps 42,5; Ps 42,11; Ps 43,5; Ps 65,4)5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.[2] (Ps 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. (Hes 34,26; Joe 2,23)7They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion. (Ps 42,2; Spr 4,18; Jes 40,31; Joh 1,16; 2Kor 3,18)8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah (Ps 59,5)9Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! (Ps 3,3; Ps 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. (1Chr 26,19; Ps 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. (Ps 9,1; Ps 15,2; Ps 27,1; Ps 34,9; Ps 34,10; Ps 85,12; Spr 2,7; Jes 60,19; Jes 60,20; Mal 4,2; Mt 6,33; Mt 7,11; Offb 21,23)12O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you! (Ps 2,12)