5Happy those whose strength is in you, people with pilgrim hearts.
6As they pass through the valley of tears, they make it a place of fountains, clothed with the blessings of early rain.
7From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.
8Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon your anointed,
10for better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,