5. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6. As they go through the Valley of Bacathey make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
7. They go from strength to strength;each one appears before God in Zion.
8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9. Behold our shield, O God;look on the face of your anointed!
10. For a day in your courts is betterthan a thousand elsewhere.I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11. For the Lord God is a sun and shield;the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withholdfrom those who walk uprightly.
12. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!