698. How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

Verse 1

How lovely is thy dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts!

Verse 1

My soul longs, yea, faints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to the living God.

Verse 2

Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at thy altars, 0 Lord of hosts,

my King and my God.

Blessed are those who dwell in thy house,

ever singing thy praise!

Verse 3

For a day in thy 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.

Verse 4

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

he bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does the Lord withhold

from those who walk uprightly.

Verse 5

O Lord of hosts,

blessed is the man who trusts in thee!