The Sparrow House

About the title...

It's from Psalm 84

Quam dilecta!

1 How dear to me is your dwelling, O LORD of hosts! *My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

2 The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; *by the side of your altars, O LORD of hosts,my King and my God.

3 Happy are they who dwell in your house! *they will always be praising you.

4 Happy are the people whose strength is in you! *whose hearts are set on the pilgrims' way.

5 Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, *for the early rains have covered it with pools of water.

6 They will climb from height to height, *and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion.

7 LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; *hearken, O God of Jacob.

8 Behold our defender, O God; *and look upon the face of your Anointed.

9 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room, *and to stand at the threshold of the house of my Godthan to dwell in the tents of the wicked.

10 For the LORD God is both sun and shield; *he will give grace and glory;

11 No good thing will the LORD withhold *from those who walk with integrity.

12 O LORD of hosts, *happy are they who put their trust in you!