1(For the one directing. On the gittit. Mizmor for the Bnei Korach)

2How yedidot (lovely) are thy mishkanot,
O Hashem Tzva'os!

3My nefesh longeth, yea, even fainteth
for the khatzrot Hashem(courts of Hashem);
my lev and my basar
crieth out for El Chai.

4Yea, the sparrow hath found a bais,
and the swallow a ken (nest) for herself,
where she may lay her young,
even Thine mizbechot,
O Hashem Tzva'os Malki v'Elohai.

5Ashrei are they that dwell in Thy Beis; ¹¹⁸
they are ever praising Thee.
Selah

6Ashrei is the adam whose oz (strength) is in Thee;
in whose lev are their highways [to Tziyon]. ¹¹⁹

7Who passing through the valley of Baca (weeping)
make it a ma'ayon (spring, fountain);
the moreh (early rain) also covereth it with berakhot (blessings).

8They go from strength to strength,
every one of them who appeareth before Elohim in Tziyon.

9O Hashem Elohim Tzva'os, hear my tefillah;
give ear, O Elohei Ya'akov.
Selah

10Behold mogineinu (our shield), O Elohim,
and look upon the face of Thine Moshiach.

11For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better
than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai,
than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness).

12For Hashem Elohim is a shemesh and a mogen;
Hashem will give chen and kavod;
no good thing will He withhold
from the holekhim b'tamim (them that walk uprightly).

13O Hashem Tzva'os, ashrei is the adam
bote'ach (man that trusteth, hath confident faith) in Thee.