Psalms 84:10
For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
Cross References
Psalms 17:14From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Psalms 27:4One [thing] I asked of Jehovah — it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.
Psalms 63:2So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
Psalms 132:10For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back 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 is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await — 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 →