2My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD ; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.