Psalm 84Psalms84

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Better Is One Day in Your Courts

   (John 1:14–18)

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!KJVKJV: To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
3. 2BSBMy soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.KJVKJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
4. 3BSBEven 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.KJVKJV: Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
5. 4BSBHow blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. SelahKJVKJV: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
6. 5BSBBlessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.KJVKJV: Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
7. 6BSBAs they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.KJVKJV: Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
8. 7BSBThey go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.KJVKJV: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
9. 8BSBO LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. SelahKJVKJV: O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
10. 9BSBTake notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.KJVKJV: Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
11. 10BSBFor 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.KJVKJV: 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.
12. 11BSBFor 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.KJVKJV: 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.
13. 12BSBO LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!KJVKJV: O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.