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Psalms · Chapter 84

Better Is One Day in Your Courts
(John 1:14–18)
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! How lovely is Your dwelling place,
O LORD of Hosts! 2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. My soul longs, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she places her young near Your altars,
O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. 4 How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are ever praising You.
Selah 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. Blessed are those whose strength is in You,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. 6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools. As they pass through the Valley of Baca,1
they make it a place of springs;
even the autumn rain covers it with pools.2 7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion. They go from strength to strength,
until each appears before God in Zion. 8 O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob.
Selah 9 Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed. Take notice of our shield, O God,
and look with favor on the face of Your anointed. 10 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. 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. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. For the LORD God is a sun and a shield;
the LORD gives grace and glory;
He withholds no good thing
from those who walk with integrity. 12 O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You! O LORD of Hosts,
how blessed is the man who trusts in You!