18AND THEY MAY KNOW THAT YOU NAME YOUR [IS] YAHWEH TO ALONE YOU [THE] MOST HIGH OVER ALL THE EARTH 18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER ON THE GITTITH OF [THE] SONS OF KORAH A PSALM Better Is One Day in Your Courts (John 1:14–18) 0For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.*NoteCloseGittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 81. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1HOW! LOVELY [ARE] DWELLING PLACE<S> YOUR O YAHWEH OF HOSTS 1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
2IT HAS LONGED AND ALSO IT IS EXHAUSTED BEING MY FOR [THE] COURTS OF YAHWEH HEART MY AND FLESH MY THEY SHOUT FOR JOY TO GOD LIVING 2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3ALSO A BIRD IT HAS FOUND A HOME AND A SWALLOW A NEST FOR ITSELF WHICH IT HAS PUT YOUNG ONES ITS WITH ALTARS YOUR O YAHWEH OF HOSTS KING MY AND GOD MY 3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
4HOW BLESSED! [ARE THOSE WHO] DWELL OF HOUSE YOUR STILL THEY PRAISE YOU SELAH 4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
5HOW BLESSED! [IS] A PERSON [WHO] STRENGTH TO <THE> HIM [IS] IN <THE> YOU [WHOM] HIGHWAYS [ARE] IN HEART THEIR 5Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6[THOSE WHO] PASS IN [THE] VALLEY OF <THE> BACA A SPRING THEY MAKE IT ALSO BLESSINGS IT COVERS [IT] EARLY RAIN 6As they pass through the Valley of Baca,*NoteCloseOr Valley of Poplars they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.*NoteCloseOr with blessings
7THEY GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH HE PRESENTS HIMSELF TO GOD IN ZION 7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
8O YAHWEH GOD OF HOSTS HEAR! PRAYER MY GIVE EAR! O GOD OF JACOB SELAH 8O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9SHIELD OUR LOOK AT O GOD AND PAY ATTENTION TO [THE] FACE OF ANOINTED YOUR 9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
10FOR [IS] GOOD A DAY IN COURTS YOUR MORE THAN A THOUSAND I HAVE CHOSEN TO STAND AT [THE] THRESHOLD IN [THE] HOUSE OF GOD MY MORE THAN DWELLING IN [THE] TENTS OF WICKEDNESS 10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11FOR [IS] A SUN AND A SHIELD YAHWEH GOD FAVOR AND HONOR HE GIVES YAHWEH NOT HE WITHHOLDS GOOD TO <THE> [THOSE WHO] WALK IN BLAMELESSNESS 11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
12O YAHWEH OF HOSTS HOW BLESSED! [IS] ANYONE [WHO] TRUSTS IN YOU 12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!