Psalm 84:3-4

    Even the sparrow finds a home

        and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young

    at a place near your altar,

        O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!

    What joy for those who can live in your house,

        always singing your praises.

      

Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young at a place near your altar, O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!

Psalm 43:4 

    There I will go to the altar of God,

        to God--the source of all my joy.

    I will praise you with my harp,

        O God, my God! (see all Psalm 43)

Psalm 26:6-7  

    I wash my hands to declare my innocence.

        I come to your altar, O LORD,

    singing a song of thanksgiving

        and telling of all your wonders. (see all Psalm 26)

 

What joy for those who can live in your house, 

Psalm 65:4  

    What joy for those you choose to bring near,

        those who live in your holy courts.

    What festivities await us

        inside your holy Temple. (see all Psalm 65)

Psalm 33:12  

    What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,

        whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. (see all Psalm 33)

Psalm 36:7-8  

        How precious is your unfailing love, O God!

    All humanity finds shelter

        in the shadow of your wings.

    You feed them from the abundance of your own house,

        letting them drink from your river of delights. (see all Psalm 36)

Psalm 61:4  

    Let me live forever in your sanctuary,

        safe in the shelter of your wings. (see all Psalm 61)

 

always singing your praises. 

Psalm 23:6  

    Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me

        all the days of my life,

    and I will live in the house of the LORD

        forever. (see all Psalm 23)

Psalm 27:4  

    The one thing I ask of the LORD--

        the thing I seek most--

    is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

        delighting in the LORD's perfections

        and meditating in his Temple. (see all Psalm 27)

Psalm 69:30  

    Then I will praise God's name with singing,

        and I will honor him with thanksgiving. (see all Psalm 69)

Psalm 100:1-2  

    Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!

        Worship the LORD with gladness.       

        Come before him, singing with joy. (see all Psalm 100)

(parentheses are mine)

 

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