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I have asked the Lord for one thing—
this is what I desire!
I want to live[a] in the Lord’s house[b] all the days of my life,
so I can gaze at the splendor[c] of the Lord
and contemplate in his temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:4 tn Heb “for me to live.”
  2. Psalm 27:4 sn The Lord’s house. This probably refers to the tabernacle (if one accepts Davidic authorship) or the temple (see Judg 19:18; 1 Sam 1:7, 24; 2 Sam 12:20; 1 Kgs 7:12, 40, 45, 51).
  3. Psalm 27:4 tn Or “beauty.”