Antiphon 1 . How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts.\nAntiphon 2. Lord, God of hosts, happy the man who trusts in you.\nMy soul is longing and yearning,\nIs yearning for the courts of the Lord.\nMy heart and my soul ring out their joy\nTo God, the living God.\n2. The sparrow herself finds a home\nAnd the swallow a nest for her brood;\nShe lays her young by your altars,\nGod of hosts, my King and my God.\n3. They are happy, who dwell, in your house,\nFor ever singing your praise.\nThey are happy, whose strength is in you,\nIn whose hearts are the roads to Sion.\n4. As they go through the bitter valley,\nThey make it a place of springs,\n(the autumn rain covers it with blessings,)\nThey walk with ever growing strength;\nThey will see the God of gods in Sion.\n5. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer,\nGive ear, O God of Jacob.\nTurn your eyes, O God, our shield,\nLook on the face of your anointed\n6. One day within your courts\nIs better than a thousand elsewhere.\nThe threshold of the house of God\nI prefer to the dwellings of the wicked.\n7. For the Lord God is a rampart, a shield;\nHe will give us his favour and glory.\nThe Lord will not refuse any good\nTo those who walk without blame.\n8. Give glory to the Father Almighty,\nTo his son, Jesus Christ, the Lord,\nTo the spirit who dwells in our hearts,\nBoth now and for ever. Amen.