Psalm 84
How lovely is your dwelling-place
: O Lord God of hosts!
My soul has a desire and longing to enter the courts of the Lord
: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
The sparrow has found her a home,
and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young
: even your altar, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house
: they will always be praising you.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you
: in whose heart are the highways to Zion;
Who, going through the valley of dryness,
finds there a spring from which to drink
: till the autumn rain shall clothe it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength
: they appear, every one of them, before the God of gods in Zion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer
: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Behold, O God, him who reigns over us
: and look upon the face of your anointed.
One day in your courts is better than a thousand
: I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
For the Lord God is a rampart and a shield,
the Lord gives favour and honour
: and no good thing will he withhold
from those who walk in innocence.
O Lord God of hosts
: blessed is the man who puts his trust in you.
Psalm 122
I was glad when they said to me
: ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’
And now our feet are standing
: within your gates, O Jerusalem;
Jerusalem which is built as a city
: where the pilgrims gather in unity.
There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord
: as he commanded Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
There are set thrones of judgement
: the thrones of the house of David.
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
: may those who love you prosper.
Peace be within your walls
: and prosperity in your palaces.
For the sake of my brothers and companions
: I will pray that peace be with you.
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God
: I will seek for your good.