Better Is One Day in Your Courts (John 1:14–18)
1 DRA Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host! 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 DRA My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced 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 DRA For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy 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 DRA Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever. BSB BSB: How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
5 DRA Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, BSB BSB: Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 DRA In the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set. 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 DRA For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: 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 DRA O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 DRA Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ. BSB BSB: Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
10 DRA For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles 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 DRA For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory. 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 DRA He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. BSB BSB: O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
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