Psalms 84:10
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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Psalms 63:2So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary to see thy power and thy glory.
Psalms 132:10For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Luke 2:46And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and questioning them.
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 84:9-12
Delight in God's Ordinances. 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. 10 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… Read the whole commentary →