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My soul yearns and is filled with longing
    for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.
Just as the sparrow searches for a home
    and the swallow builds a nest for herself
    where she may place her young,
so do I seek your altars,[a]
    Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed[b] are those who dwell in your house;
    they offer continuous praise to you. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:4 God sees to it that even the “birds of the air have nests” (Mt 8:20); hence, he will welcome his faithful to the shelter of his altars.
  2. Psalm 84:5 Blessed: see note on Ps 1:1.