Psalms 84:10
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- KJV
- For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- WEB
- For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- ASV
- For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- DARBY
- For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- BLB
- For better a day in Your courts than a thousand; I would choose to stand at the entrance in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- ÅB
- For en dag i dine forgårder er bedre enn ellers tusen; jeg vil heller stå ved dørtreskelen i min Guds hus enn bo i ugudelighets telt.
- OTB
- For én dag i dine forgårder er bedre enn tusen andre.
Jeg vil heller stå ved terskelen i min Guds hus
Enn å bo i ugudeliges telt. - B1930
- For en dag i dine forgårder er bedre enn ellers tusen; jeg vil heller stå ved dørtreskelen i min Guds hus enn bo i ugudelighets telt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Read in contextPsalms 26:8–10
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Read in contextPsalms 63:2
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:20
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Read in contextRomans 8:5–6
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Read in contextPsalms 84:1–2
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Read in contextPsalms 141:4–5
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14–15
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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