Psalms 84:10
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.
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9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
Cross References
Psalms 17:14from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Psalms 63:2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
Psalms 132:10For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
Luke 2:46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the 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 →