1How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 36:8

2My soul longeth, yea, fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry aloud for the living God.

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Isaiah 26:9, Isaiah 26:9, Psalms 42:1, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 42:1

3The very sparrow findeth an abode, And the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, By thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My king and my God!

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Psalms 90:1, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:1, Psalms 91:1, Matthew 8:20

4Happy they who dwell in thy house, Who are continually praising thee! [Pause.]

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Psalms 65:4, Psalms 23:6, Psalms 65:4, Psalms 23:6, Psalms 27:4

5Happy the man whose glory is in thee, In whose heart are the ways [to Jerusalem]!

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Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9

6Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a fountain; and the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:17, John 16:33, John 16:33, Joel 2:23

7They go on from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 3:18

8Hear my prayer, O LORD, God of hosts! Give ear, O God of Jacob! [Pause.]

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Psalms 59:5, Psalms 59:5

9Look down, O God! our shield, And behold the face of thine anointed!

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Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:2, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:1, Psalms 98:1

10For a day spent in thy courts is better than a thousand: I would rather stand on the threshold of the house of my God, Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 26:8, Psalms 26:10, Psalms 26:8

11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing doth he withhold From them that walk uprightly.

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Psalms 34:9, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 34:9, Psalms 34:10, Proverbs 2:7

12O LORD of hosts! Happy the man who trusteth in thee!

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Psalms 62:8, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Psalms 62:8, Jeremiah 17:7