⁸ Lord, I love^(A) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.^(B)

⁴ One thing^(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,^(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
⁵ For in the day of trouble^(C)
    he will keep me safe^(D) in his dwelling;
he will hide me^(E) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.^(F)

⁶ Then my head will be exalted^(G)
    above the enemies who surround me;^(H)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice^(I) with shouts of joy;^(J)
    I will sing^(K) and make music^(L) to the Lord.

²⁰ The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing^(A) with stringed instruments^(B)
all the days of our lives^(C)
    in the temple^(D) of the Lord.

⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.^(A)

¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper^(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.