Book Three (Psalms 73-89) "Concerning the Sanctuary"

A Psalm for the sons of Korah.


1:   How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2:   My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3:   Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,

and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

4:   Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5:   Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

in whose heart are the ways of them.

6:   Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;

the rain also filleth the pools.

7:   They go from strength to strength,

every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

8:   O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9:   Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10:   For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11:   For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12:   O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.


To the chief Musician.


subtitle To the chief Musician. See The Companion Bible, Appendix 64.