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 Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.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.

Psalm 86

A Prayer of David.

Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy. Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee. Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day. Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee. Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

⁸Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works. ⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name. ¹⁰For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone. ¹¹Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. ¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore. ¹³For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. ¹⁴O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them. ¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a •God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. ¹⁶Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. ¹⁷Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

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