Antiphon 1: (Obligatory before verse 1)
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts
- My soul is longing and yearning,
Is yearning for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my soul ring out their joy
To God, the living God. - The sparrow herself finds a home
And the swallow a nest for her brood;
She lays her young by your altars,
God of hosts, my King and my God. - They are happy who dwell in your house,
For ever singing your praise
They are happy, whose strength is in you,
In whose hearts are the roads to Sion. - As they go through the bitter valley,
They make it a place of springs,
They walk with ever-growing strength,
They will see the God of gods in Sion. - O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer,
Give ear, O God of Jacob.
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,
Look on the face of your anointed. - One day within your courts
Is better than a thousand elsewhere,
The threshold of the house of God
I prefer to the dwellings of the wicked. - For the Lord God is a rampart, a shield;
He will give us his favour and glory.
The Lord will not refuse any good
To those who walk without blame. - Give praise to the Father Almighty,
To his Son, Jesus Christ, the Lord.
To the Spirit who dwells in our hearts,
Both now and forever. Amen.
Antiphon: (Oblioatory after Verse 7)
Lord, God of hosts,
happy the man who trusts in you.