Better Is One Day in Your Courts (John 1:14–18)
1 Brenton For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
2 Brenton My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God. BSB BSB: My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Brenton Yea, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. BSB BSB: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
4 Brenton Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will praise thee evermore. Pause. BSB BSB: How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
5 Brenton Blessed is the man whose help is of thee, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up BSB BSB: Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 Brenton the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for there the law-giver will grant blessings. BSB BSB: As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
7 Brenton They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion. BSB BSB: They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
8 Brenton O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. Pause. BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Brenton Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. BSB BSB: Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
10 Brenton For one day in thy courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners. BSB BSB: For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 Brenton For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence. BSB BSB: For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
12 Brenton O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in thee. BSB BSB: O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
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