⁵ Blessed is the person whose ^(C)strength is in You,
In ^[a]whose heart are the ^(D)roads to Zion!
⁶ Passing through the Valley of ^[b]Baca they make it a ^[c]spring;
The ^(E)early rain also covers it with blessings.
⁷ They ^(F)go from strength to strength,
^[d]Every one of them ^(G)appears before God in Zion.

^8 (H)Lord God of armies, hear my prayer;
Listen, ^(I)God of Jacob! Selah
⁹ See our ^(J)shield, God,
And look at the face of ^(K)Your anointed.
¹⁰ For ^(L)a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than live in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(M)a sun and ^(N)shield;
The Lord gives grace and ^(O)glory;
^(P)He withholds no good thing ^[e]from those who walk with integrity.
¹² Lord of armies,
^(Q)Blessed is the person who trusts in You!

¹² Blessed is the man whom ^(A)You discipline, ^[a]Lord,
And ^(B)whom You teach from Your Law,

³⁸ He also blesses them and they ^(A)multiply greatly,
And He ^(B)does not let their cattle decrease.