26:8 O Lord, I love the temple where you live, 1
the place where your splendor is revealed. 2
27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –
this is what I desire!
I want to live 3 in the Lord’s house 4 all the days of my life,
so I can gaze at the splendor 5 of the Lord
and contemplate in his temple.
For the music director; according to the gittith style; 7 written by the Korahites, a psalm.
84:1 How lovely is the place where you live, 8
O Lord who rules over all! 9
84:10 Certainly 10 spending just one day in your temple courts is better
than spending a thousand elsewhere. 11
I would rather stand at the entrance 12 to the temple of my God
than live 13 in the tents of the wicked.
A song of ascents, 15 by David.
122:1 I was glad because 16 they said to me,
“We will go to the Lord’s temple.”
122:2 Our feet are 17 standing
inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
122:3 Jerusalem 18 is a city designed
to accommodate an assembly. 19
122:4 The tribes go up 20 there, 21
the tribes of the Lord,
where it is required that Israel
give thanks to the name of the Lord. 22
122:5 Indeed, 23 the leaders sit 24 there on thrones and make legal decisions,
on the thrones of the house of David. 25
122:6 Pray 26 for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love her prosper! 27
122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,
and prosperity 28 inside your fortresses! 29
122:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors
I will say, “May there be peace in you!”
122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God
I will pray for you to prosper. 30