Better Is One Day in Your Courts
(John 1:14–18)
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. 1 A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely is Your dwelling place, Psa 27:4Psa 43:3Psa 36:8Psa 122:1Psa 132:5Psa 8:1Rev 21:22-23Neh 9:6
O LORD of Hosts!
My soul longs, even faints, Isa 26:9Psa 42:1-2Psa 63:1-2Psa 119:81Psa 73:26Psa 143:6Psa 119:20Sng 5:8
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home, Psa 91:1Psa 90:1Mat 8:20Psa 43:4Psa 116:7Psa 5:2Mat 23:37
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she places her young near Your altars,
O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! Psa 23:6Psa 65:4Psa 27:4Isa 12:4-5Psa 71:8Psa 42:11Psa 134:1-3Psa 145:21
They are ever praising You.
Selah
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, Psa 28:7-82Co 12:9Zec 10:12Php 4:13Psa 40:8Mic 4:2Jer 31:33Psa 55:14
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, 2 2Co 4:17Jhn 16:33Jol 2:23Rom 5:3-5Rom 8:37Rev 7:14Psa 68:9Psa 66:10-12
they make it a place of springs;
even the autumn rain covers it with pools. 3
They go from strength to strength, Pro 4:182Co 3:18Isa 40:31Job 17:92Pe 3:18Jhn 1:16Deu 16:16Psa 42:2
until each appears before God in Zion.
O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; Psa 59:5
give ear, O God of Jacob.
Selah
Take notice of our shield, O God, Psa 2:2Gen 15:1Psa 98:11Sa 16:61Sa 2:102Ch 6:42Deu 33:29Psa 132:17
and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
For better is one day in Your courts Psa 27:4Psa 26:8-10Psa 63:2Php 3:20Rom 8:5-6Psa 84:1-2Psa 141:4-5Psa 17:14-15
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 the LORD God is a sun and a shield; Psa 34:9-10Pro 2:7Mat 6:33Php 4:19Psa 85:12Pro 10:9Jhn 8:12Psa 3:3
the LORD gives grace and glory;
He withholds no good thing
from those who walk with integrity.
O LORD of Hosts, Jer 17:7-8Psa 62:8Isa 30:18Isa 50:10Psa 2:12Psa 146:5-6Psa 34:8
how blessed is the man who trusts in You!