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How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises.

What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. —Psalm 84:1-7, 10 (NLT)

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. —Psalm 48:1-2 (KJV)

“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned;
travelers took to winding paths.
Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah, arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel. —Judges 5:6-7 (NIV)

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. —Psalm 84 Preluding Intro (NLT)

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. —Numbers 16:32 (NIV)

The line of Korah, however, did not die out. —Numbers 26:11 (NIV)

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.

[…]
till I entered the sanctuary of God;
[…]—Psalm 73:2, 17 (NIV)

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