2I long for the courts of Yahweh, my desire for it has made me exhausted. My heart and all of my being call out to the living God.
3Even the sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young near your altars, Yahweh of hosts, my King, and my God.
4Blessed are they who live in your house; they praise you continually. Selah
5Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways up to Zion.
6Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. The early rains cover it with blessings.
7They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears before God in Zion.