How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living •God. Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, —they, in whose heart are the highways. Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

⁸Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. ⁹Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. ¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. ¹²Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!

Psalm 85

To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger. Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation? Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.

⁸I will hear what •God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly. ⁹Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. ¹⁰Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other: ¹¹Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens. ¹²Jehovah also will give what is good, and our land shall yield its increase. ¹³Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way.

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