How lovely your dwelling place, LORD of hosts! My soul longs and faints even for the LORD's courts! My heart and my flesh to the living God sing A sparrow will there find a home A swallow a nest also has for herself And there with your altar her young she has laid My king and my God, LORD of Hosts, they are blessed Who dwell in your house; they will praise you again! And blessed is the man who finds his strength in you In their heart there are highways. As they journey on The Valley of Baca they make like a spring It also is covered with blessings by rain From strength unto strength they will walk, then appear Before God At Zion. O LORD, God of Hosts Attend to my prayer; God of Jacob, give ear O God see our shield; Your Messiah's face view! Because just one day spent inside of your courts Is better by far than one thousand removed To stand, O my God, at the door of your house I'd choose over living in tents full of sin Because the LORD God is a sun and a shield The LORD will give glory and grace From those walking rightly no good will refuse O blessed is the man, LORD of hosts, who trusts in you!