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Psalms 84

Better Is One Day in Your Courts

(John 1:14–18)

1To the leader; upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah, a Psalm.

2How lovely are your tabernacles^a, the LORD of hosts^b!
3My soul^c has longed, yes, even pined, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh^d sing for joy to the living^e God.
4Even the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she has placed her young—your altars, the LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
5Happy are those who dwell in your house; they will still praise you. Selah.
6Happy is the man^f whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways.
7Those passing through the valley of Baca make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with blessings.
8They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.
9The LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, God of Jacob. Selah.
10Our shield, see, God, and look upon the face of your anointed.
11For a day in your courts is better than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents^g of wickedness.
12For a sun and a shield is the LORD God; grace and glory the LORD gives; he does not withhold good from those who walk in integrity.
13The LORD of hosts, happy is the man who trusts in you.