​Presentation of Our Lord

 ¹How lovely is your dwelling place,
 O LORD of hosts!
 ²My soul longs, indeed it faints
 for the courts of the LORD;
 my heart and my flesh sing for joy
 to the living God.
 ³Even the sparrow finds a home,
 and the swallow a nest for herself,
 where she may lay her young,
 at your altars, O LORD of hosts,
 my King and my God.
 ⁴Happy are those who live in your house,
 ever singing your praise.
Selah

 ⁵Happy are those whose strength is in you,
 in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
 ⁶As they go through the valley of Baca
 they make it a place of springs;
 the early rain also covers it with pools.
 ⁷They go from strength to strength;
 the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
 ⁸O Lord GOD of hosts, hear my prayer;
 give ear, O God of Jacob!
Selah

 ⁹Behold our shield, O God;
 look on the face of your anointed.
 ¹⁰For a day in your courts is better
 than a thousand elsewhere.
 I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
 than live in the tents of wickedness.
 ¹¹For the Lord GOD is a sun and shield;
 he bestows favor and honor.
 No good thing does the LORD withhold
 from those who walk uprightly.
 ¹²O LORD of hosts,
 happy is everyone who trusts in you.